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Google has just peeled back the curtain on an ingenious upgrade to its Gemini AI app, and it’s equally delightful and powerful.
Meet “Nano Banana,” the codename for Gemini’s latest image-editing powerhouse, officially branded as Gemini 2.5 Flash Image. It’s live now, for both free and paid users across web and mobile, and ready to revolutionise creative workflows with its uncanny consistency and control.
In the world of AI-generated visuals, it’s not just about creating new images; it’s about editing them convincingly.
That’s where Nano Banana shines. It preserves subject likeness, whether you’re giving yourself a retro hairstyle or dressing your Chihuahua in a tutu, without sacrificing identity. That “almost looks like me” glitch? Gone.
Here’s what Nano Banana brings to the table:
Multi-turn editing: Start with a blank room, then layer in wallpaper, furniture, and a coffee table, editing locally while keeping the rest intact.
Design-style mixing: Apply the vibrant pattern from one image (think butterfly wings) to another object (like rainboots) in a new scene.
Image fusion: Combine multiple photos, say, yourself and your pet, and place both into a fun, imaginative context like a basketball court.
Prompt-based edits: Want to blur a background, remove a stain, or add colour to a black-and-white photo? Just ask. The model handles targeted edits using natural language.
World knowledge embedded: Nano Banana taps into Gemini’s broader understanding of the real world, helping create more contextually rich, sensible edits.
Long gone are the days of jarring transitions or identity drift in edited photos. Gemini’s new model anchors subject consistency, even amid wild stylistic transformations or scene shifts. Plus, gone are limitations around free versus paid features; Nano Banana is rolling out globally across all Gemini users, broadening access to everyone.
Powered by Google DeepMind, Gemini 2.5 Flash Image is available not just in the app, but also via the Gemini API, Google AI Studio, and Vertex AI, with pricing at approximately $0.039 (69 cents) per image based on output tokens.
According to Google, if you’re building apps or creative tools, you can leverage templates in AI Studio to remix or deploy instantly, from image filters to multi-image mashups. The invisible watermark ensures responsible AI deployment.
Nano Banana is more than a polish; it’s Google making AI image editing reliable, versatile, and even delightful again. Where earlier tools fumbled edits, this model delivers nuanced, multi-turn precision.