Nano Banana 2.1 briefly appears in Google Flow, but Google has not confirmed a launch
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Google has announced Nano Banana 2.1, its image generation AI. This is an updated version of Nano Banana 2, which was officially released in May 2026. Based on Gemini 3.6 Flash, it maintains Flash-level speed and cost-effectiveness while improving visual quality, text rendering, multi-turn consistency, and Google Search grounding at 1K, 2K, and 4K resolutions.
Google launched Nano Banana 2.1 with editing improvements and visual design, and set rates for developers that, according to the company, are about half of those of the previous version.
According to ChainCatcher, Google released its latest image generation and editing model, Nano Banana 2.1, on October 6th. It is now available in the Gemini app, Google Search's AI mode, Google Ads, and developer tools such as Google AI Studio, Flow, and Stitch. This model can generate images from text descriptions and edit existing photos. Google states that this upgrade focuses on three aspects: visual design, mask-based editing (only the mark…
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