Google on Thursday launched the latest version of its Nano Banana image generation model, which promises to improve upon last November’s Nano Banana Pro and the older Nano Banana 1 in almost every aspect, especially speed, writes Frederic Lardinois in today’s lead story.
Nano Banana’s official name is Gemini 3.1 Flash Image, and the ‘Flash’ in there gives away its pedigree. Google’s Flash models have always focused on speed over raw intelligence, but for Nano Banana 2, the company is also bringing many features from Nano Banana Pro to this faster model.
This means, for example, that the new model will also pull from Gemini’s real-world knowledge base and can access real-time data and images from the web.
Google's "Nano Banana 2" Gemini 3.1 Flash Image model brings Pro-level features — web access, text rendering, and real-time data — at Flash speeds, now default across Gemini, Search, and Ads.
Google on Thursday launched the latest version of its Nano Banana image generation model, which promises to improve upon last November's Nano Banana Pro and the older Nano Banana 1 in almost every aspect, especially speed.
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