Google at present introduced the newest model of its fashionable picture era mannequin, Nano Banana 2. The brand new mannequin, which is technically Gemini 3.1 Flash Picture, can create extra lifelike pictures than its predecessor. The mannequin can even now turn out to be the default within the Gemini app for its Quick, Considering, and Professional modes.
The corporate first launched Nano Banana in August 2025, prompting individuals to generate hundreds of thousands of pictures within the Gemini app, particularly in nations like India. In November, the corporate launched Nano Banana Professional, which permits customers to create extra detailed and high-quality pictures.
The brand new Nano Banana 2 retains among the high-fidelity traits of the Professional mannequin however produces pictures sooner. The corporate says you possibly can create pictures with a decision starting from 512px to 4K, in numerous facet ratios.
Nano Banana 2 can preserve character consistency for as much as 5 characters and constancy of as much as 14 objects in a single workflow for higher storytelling. Customers can even problem complicated requests with detailed nuances for picture era, Google says. As well as, customers can create media with extra vibrant lighting, richer textures, and sharper element.
With the launch, Nano Banana 2 will turn out to be the default mannequin for picture era throughout all apps within the Gemini app. The corporate can also be making it the default mannequin for picture era in its video enhancing instrument, Circulation.
In Search, Nano Banana 2 will turn out to be the default for Google Search outcomes by way of Google Lens and in AI Mode throughout 141 nations on the Google app and on the net throughout desktop and cell.
On Google’s higher-end plans, Google AI Professional and Extremely, subscribers can proceed use Nano Banana Professional for specialised duties by regenerating pictures by way of the three-dot menu.
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For builders, Nano Banana 2 can be accessible in preview by way of the Gemini API, Gemini CLI, and the Vertex API. It’s going to even be accessible by way of AI Studio and the corporate’s growth instrument Antigravity, which was launched final November.
The corporate mentioned that every one pictures created by way of the brand new mannequin could have a SynthID watermark, which is Google’s mark to indicate AI-generated pictures. The photographs are additionally interoperable with C2PA Content material Credentials, created by an trade physique consisting of firms like Adobe, Microsoft, Google, OpenAI, and Meta. Google mentioned that since launching the synthID verification in the Gemini app in November, individuals have used it over 20 million occasions.
