Nano Banana

What is Nano Banana?

Nano Banana is Google's family of Gemini image generation and editing models. On the official Gemini image page checked November 13, 2026, Nano Banana 2 is listed as available for free, and Nano Banana 2.1, which Google calls its most advanced image model in the app, requires a Google AI plan. Developers can use named API models in Google AI Studio. Imagen models are shut down on the Gemini API. AppFor.ai has not generated an image.

What you can use Nano Banana for

Nano Banana is Google's name for its Gemini image generation and editing models. The official Gemini overview, checked November 13, 2026, says Nano Banana 2.1 is here, that Nano Banana is available for free, and that a Google AI plan unlocks Nano Banana 2.1, which Google calls its most advanced image model in the app, with enhanced quality, reasoning and visual design. The same page lists character consistency, text rendering, combining photos, precise editing (lighting, camera angles and aspect ratios), 2K resolution and world knowledge, and says paid plans include higher generation limits and enhanced world knowledge for infographics and diagrams. Google AI Plus, Pro and Ultra users can also regenerate an image with Nano Banana Pro from the three-dot menu, choosing "Redo with Pro."

Google DeepMind's Gemini Image page presents the family as state-of-the-art image generation and editing models built on Gemini, including Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Image), Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image) and Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image). In the Gemini API, Nano Banana 2.1 uses the model ID gemini-nano-banana-2.1. Official docs describe it as an update to Nano Banana 2 with improvements in visual quality, prompt adherence, multi-turn character consistency and text rendering, configurable thinking levels (minimal, medium default, and high), resolutions of 1K, 2K and 4K (default 1K), multi-image fusion, and grounding with Google Search. Those capability lists are from Google's documentation, not an AppFor.ai generation test.

A first workflow to try

Suggested workflow, not a recorded run, from Google's official FAQ: in the Gemini app, open the tools menu and select "Create images" (shown with a banana emoji), then enter a prompt or upload an image to edit. Google's formula is to start with a subject, action and scene, then add composition, style, quality and aspect ratio if you need more control. If you are on a Google AI plan, the same FAQ says you have access to Nano Banana 2.1 and can redo with Nano Banana Pro from the three-dot menu. Developers can open Google AI Studio or the Gemini API with a model such as gemini-nano-banana-2.1. Google says generated images include an invisible SynthID watermark and a visible watermark; you can also upload an image in the Gemini app and ask whether it was generated by Google AI. AppFor.ai has not signed in or created an image.

Pricing, versions and limits

In the Gemini app, Nano Banana 2 is the free image generation and editing model on the official comparison, and Nano Banana 2.1 requires a Google AI plan. A banner on the same official page says college students can unlock higher access to Nano Banana with a free Pro plan for one year; details sit on Google's student offer, which this profile does not restate beyond that official sentence. The FAQ says image generation is available in all languages and countries where the Gemini app is available, with a footer that compatibility and availability vary, limits apply, and the product is 18+.

On the Gemini API, official pricing lists image models including Nano Banana 2.1, Nano Banana 2, Nano Banana 2 Lite and Nano Banana Pro as not available on the free tier. Paid rates differ by model; Nano Banana 2.1 standard prices are in the pricing field above, and Batch is half those image and text rates. Nano Banana 2 (gemini-3.1-flash-image) lists $0.50 input and $60 per 1M image output tokens, with Google's per-image equivalents from 0.5K to 4K. Nano Banana 2 Lite and Nano Banana Pro have their own official tables. Imagen is shut down on the Gemini API, and Google tells developers to use Nano Banana instead. The earlier gemini-2.5-flash-image model, also branded Nano Banana, is deprecated and scheduled to shut down on March 15, 2027, with a documented migration path to Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image. AppFor.ai has not billed an image request.

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