Release announced
Released on Oct 6, 2026
Google announced this model on 2026-10-06.
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- Announced
- Oct 6, 2026
- First seen by ModelClock
- Oct 6, 2026
What the provider published
ai.google.dev ↗October 6, 2026
- Gemini Nano Banana 2.1 generally available (GA) : Released Gemini Nano Banana 2.1 (
gemini-nano-banana-2.1), the latest high-efficiency image generation and conversational editing model. An update to Nano Banana 2 (gemini-3.1-flash-image), it maintains Flash-level speed and cost efficiency while delivering significant improvements in visual quality, prompt adherence, multi-turn character consistency, text rendering, and wide and panoramic aspect ratio generation (1:4,4:1,1:8,8:1) across1K,2K, and4Kresolutions.
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