Nano Banana 2.1
Google released Nano Banana 2.1, a Flash-tier image generation and editing model with better mask and ink editing, product recontextualization and factual accuracy, now on OpenRouter.
Nano Banana 2.1 succeeds Nano Banana 2 and Nano Banana Pro. OpenRouter's listing says it improves product recontextualization, mask and ink-based editing and factual accuracy, and supports 1K, 2K and 4K output with extended aspect ratios. Firstpost reports character consistency and control over lighting, camera angle and aspect ratio. NPowerUser reports better prompt adherence and text rendering, and rollout in Google Flow and Gemini apps.
- Date
- Tuesday, 6 October 2026
- Lab
- Google DeepMind
- Kind
- model
- Access
- closed API
- Price
- $1.50 in / $7.50 out per M tokens, image output $30 per M tokens (OpenRouter)
Figures
| Measure | Value | Measured by |
|---|---|---|
| API input price per 1M tokens | $1.50 OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter |
| API output price per 1M tokens | $7.50 image output listed separately at $30 per 1M tokens | OpenRouter |
| Context window | 65,536 tokens OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter |
No Google primary page was read. The claim of generating up to twice as fast as GPT Image 2.5 comes from early community tests reported by NPowerUser and is unconfirmed.
Sources
- openrouter.ai/google/gemini-nano-banana-2.1
- www.firstpost.com/tech/google-unveils-nano-banana-2-1-with-subject-consistency-and-mask-ba
- nokiapoweruser.com/google-quietly-launches-nano-banana-2-1-image-model/
This record was checked against its sources on 6 October 2026. How we check