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Google’s Nano Banana 2 brings advanced AI image tools to free users

  • Jess Weatherbed
  • February 26, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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Google’s Nano Banana 2 brings advanced AI image tools to free users
The image generational capabilities of Nano Banana 2 seem comparable to the Pro model. | Image: Google / The Verge

Google is bringing a more powerful version of its Nano Banana AI image model to free users. Nano Banana 2 (also known as Gemini 3.1 Flash Image) is rolling out today across the Gemini app and other Google AI platforms, making knowledge and rendering features that were previously exclusive to Nano Banana Pro available for everyone. Google says the update aims to bring "high-speed intelligence of Gemini Flash to visual generation," making complex images faster, cheaper, and easier to generate.

Like Nano Banana Pro, the Nano Banana 2 model utilizes real-time information, web search images, and Gemini's real-world knowledge base. Google DeepMin …

Read the full story at The Verge.

Originally published at The Verge

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