Gemini Nano Banana 2.1
Google's updated text-to-image and photo-editing model with better text rendering, character consistency, and roughly half the per-image price of its predecessor.
Overview
Gemini Nano Banana 2.1 is Google's refreshed image generation and editing model, released with immediate stable GA status on October 6, 2026. It improves visual quality, text rendering, character consistency across conversation turns, wide panoramas, and infographics compared to Nano Banana 2, while fixing tiling artifacts that previously appeared in wide/panoramic images at 2K and 4K. It is rolling out across the Gemini app, Google Search's AI Mode, Google Ads, Google AI Studio, Flow, and Stitch.
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Key features
- Combines up to 14 images in a single prompt
- Maintains consistency for up to 4 characters across turns
- Accurately reproduces up to 10 separate objects in a scene
- Generates at 1K (default), 2K, and 4K resolution
- Fixes tiling artifacts in wide/panoramic images at 2K and 4K
- Improved text rendering for infographics and signage
Use cases
- Photo editing and image generation inside the Gemini app
- Ad creative generation in Google Ads
- UI/prototype mockups via Stitch
- Panoramic and infographic image generation
Pricing
Roughly half the per-image cost of Nano Banana 2 according to Google; exact published per-image/token rate unknown. Nano Banana 2 is being retired on October 29, 2026.
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Dates and sources
- Released
- 6 Oct 2026
- Record updated
- 13 Oct 2026
- Record last checked
- 13 Oct 2026