Nano Banana 2.1 ships: beats previous Pro at 4x cheaper, $0.034 per image
_philschmid · x · 2026-10-07
philschmid reports that Nano Banana 2.1 (gemini-nano-banana-2.1) is now available.
- Outperforms the previous Pro model at 4x lower cost: $0.034 per image vs $0.134
- Improved instruction following and in-image text rendering
- Grounded with Google Image Search
- Up to 5-character consistency with 14 reference images
Available across Google AI Studio, the Gemini API, Google Cloud, the Gemini app, and Flow.
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