Google has taken a bold step in redefining image creation and editing with the launch of its Gemini 2.5 Flash Image model, affectionately called "Nano-Banana."
Designed to cater to both casual users and creative professionals, the model offers a suite of powerful new tools and features integrated into the Gemini app, available for free and paid users worldwide.
Advanced capabilities for creative control
Responding to user demands for higher-quality images and greater flexibility, Nano-Banana introduces innovative functionalities that provide users with unparalleled creative control.
The model builds on the success of the Gemini 2.0 Flash, providing tools that prioritize consistency, precision, and ease of use.
Among its standout features, Nano-Banana boasts character consistency, enabling users to maintain the appearance of a specific person, pet, or object across multiple images and edits.
The model also introduces prompt-based editing, which allows users to issue natural language commands to make specific edits without the need for complex software.
Another remarkable addition is the multi-image fusion functionality. This feature enables users to integrate new objects into scenes seamlessly, restyle environments with different textures, or combine portraits of people and pets into cohesive images.
Nano-Banana incorporates enhanced world knowledge, leveraging Gemini’s intelligence to interpret complex diagrams, answer questions, and execute intricate editing instructions.
Availability and pricing
The new capabilities are accessible globally through the Gemini app, making advanced image editing tools widely available. Google AI Studio, Gemini API, and Vertex AI platforms also allow developers and enterprises to access Nano-Banana.
Google has introduced transparent pricing for this model, with a rate of $30 per 1 million output tokens. Each generated image requires approximately 1,290 tokens, which translates to about $0.039 per image.
Other input and output modalities follow the standard Gemini 2.5 Flash pricing guidelines.
Commitment to transparency
In line with its emphasis on ethical AI use, Google has implemented watermarking measures for all images generated or edited using the Gemini app.
Each image will include a visible watermark and an invisible SynthID watermark, allowing the identification of AI-generated content.
The launch of Nano-Banana underscores Google’s commitment to making sophisticated AI tools more accessible, empowering users with advanced capabilities to achieve greater creative precision and freedom.
As the technology becomes available to a global audience, it will redefine the possibilities of digital image creation and editing.