Nano Banana 2: Professional performance at Flash speeds

In August of last year, Gemini's imaging model , the Nano Banana , went viral , redefining image creation and editing. In November, Google released the Nano Banana Pro , which offered users advanced AI capabilities and studio- level creative control . On February 26, 2026, Google introduced the Nano Banana 2 ( Gemini 3.1 Flash Image ), the newest, state-of-the-art imaging model, combining the best features of the two previous models and making it available to all its users.

Now, it offers the quality, precision and high-level perception that stood out in the Nano Banana Pro, with lightning speed.

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Intelligence and Optical Quality at speed Flash

Nano Banana 2 brings the high speed and advanced AI capabilities of Gemini Flash to visual content production, enabling ultra-fast editing and instant feedback. Now, it offers a wider audience features previously available only in the Pro version , such as:

• Advanced Worldview : The model draws on data from Gemini ’s knowledge base and is fed with real-time insights and images from Google Search to render specific topics more accurately. This deep understanding also helps create infographics , convert notes into charts, and visualize data.

• Text rendering accuracy and translation : Nano Banana 2 allows the creation of perfectly legible text for advertising mockups or greeting cards. It also provides the ability to translate and adapt text directly within the image, facilitating the display of content internationally.

Improved creative control

The Nano Banana 2 bridges the gap between speed and visual accuracy , delivering high-fidelity, photorealistic images. Below, you can see what the newest model offers and how it has improved over its original version:

• Visual identity consistency : Allows the appearance of up to five characters and the fidelity of up to 14 objects to be maintained in a single workflow , enabling storyboarding and narrative development while ensuring that the aesthetics of the original assets remain intact.

• Accuracy in following instructions: With enhanced ability to respond to instructions, the model strictly complies with even the most complex requests. It captures the specific nuances of an idea, so that the final image is completely identical to what was initially requested.

• Production-ready specifications : Create eye-catching content with full control over a variety of aspect ratios and resolutions from 512 px to 4 K. Ensures exceptional clarity of graphics, whether for vertical social media posting or widescreen panoramic backgrounds.

• Upgraded Visual Fidelity: Nano Banana 2 delivers vivid lighting, richer textures, and sharper details, maintaining a high-quality aesthetic at the speed expected from a Flash -class model.

Available from today Nano Banana 2

Regardless of your needs, Google now offers the right tool for every workflow : Nano Banana Pro for high-fidelity tasks that require maximum real-world accuracy, or Nano Banana 2 for fast creation, precise adherence to instructions, and a proven foundation for image search.

Nano Banana 2 is available today across all Google products , including :

• Gemini App : Nano Banana 2 replaces Nano Banana Pro on Fast , Thinking , and Pro models . Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers will retain access to Nano Banana Pro for specialized tasks with image playback via the three-dot menu.

• Search: In AI Mode and Lens , through the Google app , and in mobile and desktop browsers. More availability details here , including 141 new countries and regions and eight additional languages.

• AI Studio + API: Available in preview at AI Studio and Gemini: API. Pricing is available here. Also available on Google Antigravity.
  

• Google Cloud: Available in preview version to Gemini: API on Vertex AI and its Gemini: CLI.

• Flow: The Nano Banana 2 is the new default image creation model in Flow, and is available to all its users Flow no charge.
  

• Advertising: Nano Banana is available in advertising, providing creative ideas and suggestions when planning advertising campaigns.

Powerful origin documentation: marking and verification

As AI-generated content evolves, so must the tools to recognize and understand it. Google continues to evolve its methods for attesting the provenance of its content, combining advanced SynthID technology with C2PA interoperable content credentials , giving users a more complete and in-depth view of not only whether AI was used, but also how it was used.

The origin verification tools are already having a significant impact . Since launching in November, the SynthID verification feature in the Gemini app has been used more than 20 million times in multiple languages, helping users identify images, video, and audio created by Google ’s AI.

Soon, the C 2 PA verification feature will also be integrated into the Gemini app.

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