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Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)

Google DeepMind · 26 February 2026

Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image) brings Pro-level world knowledge and text rendering at Flash speed, rolling out across Gemini, Search and Ads.

Draws on web search for accurate subjects and adds precise text rendering and translation, subject consistency and instruction following. SynthID plus C2PA Content Credentials. Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Image) became GA 2026-06-30.

Date
Thursday, 26 February 2026
Lab
Google DeepMind
Kind
model
Access
closed API

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Also catalogued in the media file under the same id. API GA of 3.1 Flash Image on 2026-05-28.

Sources

  1. deepmind.google/blog/nano-banana-2-combining-pro-capabilities-with-lightning-fast-speed/
  2. ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/changelog
  3. techcrunch.com/2026/02/26/google-launches-nano-banana-2-model-with-faster-image-generation
  4. workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2026/02/introducing-nano-banana-2-in-gemini-app.html
  5. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nano_Banana

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