Google releases Nano Banana 2.1 image model at $0.034 per image

Google's Nano Banana 2.1 (gemini-nano-banana-2.1) is now available and outperforms the previous Pro model at $0.034 per image, versus $0.134 before.

It adds improved instruction following, better in-image text rendering, grounding with Google Image Search, and consistency for up to 5 characters with 14 reference images.

It is available in Google AI Studio, the Gemini API, Google Cloud, the Gemini app, and Flow by Google.