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Nano Banana

Google DeepMind · 4 tracked releases · February 26, 2026 – October 6, 2026

At a glance

Releases tracked4
First trackedFebruary 26, 2026 — Nano Banana 2
LatestOctober 6, 2026 — Nano Banana 2.1
Span222 days
Median gap91 days between releases
WeightsProprietary throughout
Record quality2 of 4 verified · how this is judged

Release cadence

One tile per tracked release, placed in the month it shipped, so the pauses in this line are the pauses in the data. Years with nothing tracked keep their row.

  1. 2026
    1. Nano Banana 2, Google DeepMind, February 26, 2026
    2. Nano Banana Pro, Google DeepMind, May 28, 2026
    3. Nano Banana 2 Lite, Google DeepMind, June 30, 2026
    4. Nano Banana 2.1, Google DeepMind, October 6, 2026
    4

Lineage

Ordered by announcement date, and spaced by the gap between releases, so a quiet year looks like one. Lineage is not inferred from version numbers — labs do not number consistently, so the dates decide the order.

  1. Nano Banana 2Text in and out

    reasoningimage generation

  2. +91 days

    Nano Banana ProImage in and outText in and out

  3. +33 days

    Nano Banana 2 LiteText in and outImage in and out

    function calling

  4. +98 days

    Nano Banana 2.1Text in and outImage in and outVideo input

    from Nano Banana 2 first evidenced: image in, video in, image out

What changed

Generation to generation, from evidenced values only. A field is compared only where both releases record it — otherwise it is called out as not comparable, so a research gap never reads as a change the lab made.

Nano Banana 2 → Nano Banana 2.1 222 days

Modalities first evidenced
+ image in + video in + image out

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