Google’s Nano Banana 2 offers advanced AI photo tools for free users

Google is offering a more powerful version of its Nano Banana AI photo model for free users. The 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 familiarity and viewing features previously exclusive to the Nano Banana Pro available to everyone. Google says the update aims to bring “Gemini Flash’s high-speed intelligence to visual creation,” making creating complex images faster, cheaper, and easier.

He loves Nano Banana Pro,The Nano Banana 2 model uses real-time information, web search ,images and Gemini’s real-world knowledge base. Google DeepMind product manager Naina Raisinghani says this provides more relevant data for creating graphs or graphs, and allows the Nano Banana 2 to display “specific topics” more accurately, though no examples of such topics are provided.

Other features inherited from Nano Banana Pro include the ability to create images with accurate, readable text and local translation. These capabilities previously required a paid subscription to Google AI Plus, Pro, or Ultra to access in Gemini, but will now be expanded to include free Gemini users and put AI in Google Search.

The Nano Banana 2 also provides more creative control over the images created compared to the Nano Banana 2 The original banana nano model. Google says the visual improvements include more vibrant lighting, richer textures, and sharper details, along with the ability to adhere to complex image requests more stringently. Up to five characters and 14 objects can also be kept looking more consistent in a single workflow, and users get “full control” over aspect ratios and image resolution, ranging from 512p to 4K.

The new Nano Banana 2 model will replace the Nano Banana Pro option via the Quick, Think and Pro generation modes in the Gemini app. Google says AI Pro and Ultra subscribers will still be able to access the Nano Banana Pro for “specialized tasks” by selecting the three-dot menu in photos to refresh. The new model is also rolling out to AI mode in Search, Google Lens, the Google app, mobile and desktop browsers, along with being the new default model for image creation in Google’s AI-powered video tool, Flow.