Nano Banana 2
Google DeepMind · · 100 days after Gemini 3 Pro
Verified
1 of 1 published values traced to a source3 primary sources, 2 archived1 not researched yet
Why this status
Cited to official documentation, and every value it asserts was found there. Modalities recorded as text-to-text. The primary source states the model is text-only.
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The image generation and editing model Google ships inside Gemini, and the most widely used of its image line.
Details
| Released | February 26, 2026stated in ai.google.devNano Banana 2 was released on February 26, 2026.
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| Company | Google DeepMind |
| Family | Nano Banana |
| Lineage | before Nano Banana 2.1 |
| Era | Agentic systems |
| Type | Image generation |
| Modalities | Text → Text |
| Capabilities | Reasoning, Image generation |
| Weights | Proprietary |
| Licence | Not applicable — proprietary |
Current information, elsewhere
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Sources
Record status: verified · confidence 90/100 · 3 of 3 primary
Cited to official documentation, and every value it asserts was found there. Modalities recorded as text-to-text. The primary source states the model is text-only.
- ai.google.dev Official documentation archived
- deepmind.google Official documentation
- ai.google.dev Official documentation archived
Primary means published by the organisation that made the model. Verified records require at least one.
Nano Banana family
- Nano Banana 2 February 26, 2026
- Nano Banana Pro May 28, 2026
- Nano Banana 2 Lite June 30, 2026
- Nano Banana 2.1 October 6, 2026
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