Google is streamlining AI photo generation with its new model, internally known as "Nano Banana" and now formally as Gemini 2.5 Flash Image. This technology addresses user frustrations by improving speed and consolidating image creation and editing within the Gemini app and Google AI Studios. Users can prompt Gemini with text, images, or a combination of both allowing them to create, edit, and iterate on visuals with unprecedented control.
Nano Banana excels at editing existing images, allowing users to add, remove, or modify elements, change the style, or adjust the colour grading. It also supports generating high-quality 3D building models from a single image in seconds. The model is integrated into Gemini 2.5 Flash and Google AI Studio, making it readily accessible. Google has embedded invisible and visible watermarks to track image usage and prevent misinformation.
This new model offers extensive image editing, manipulation, and generation with ease of text-based prompting. It fills a market gap for quick fixes and complex edits, providing a faster alternative to existing tools. Nano Banana's capabilities mark a significant advancement in AI-driven image creation and editing, offering both speed and quality improvements.
