The image editing model Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, popularly called Nano Banana, became available in August across the Gemini app and to developers through the Gemini API, Google AI Studio, and Vertex AI, CEO Sundar Pichai posted on X.
Nano Banana went viral after it was launched, with more than 5 billion images created through the tool to date. It also pushed Gemini to be the top app in Apple App Store. In Search, users can snap or select photos in Lens and instantly transform them using artificial intelligence (AI) via the new Create mode on Android or iOS.
In NotebookLM, Nano Banana improves Video Overviews with six new styles, AI-generated contextual illustrations, and a quick-insight format called Brief.
Gemini 2.5 Flash Image is priced at $30 per 1 million output tokens, with each image averaging $0.039.
Nano Banana features
Nano Banana in Gemini is Google DeepMind’s latest image editing model integrated into the Gemini app. The AI tool allows users to:
- Blend multiple images into a single image
- Maintain character consistency for effective storytelling
- Make targeted transformations using natural language, and
- Use Gemini’s world knowledge to generate and edit images
From September 6, the tool was also rolled out on X (formerly Twitter), allowing users to generate images by tagging Nano Banana in posts along with prompts.
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