Google ships Nano Banana 2.1 with big gains in editing and subject consistency
aziz4ai · x · 2026-10-07
Google officially released Nano Banana 2.1, its latest image generation and editing model, claiming across-the-board gains in visual design, mask-based editing, subject consistency, and more natural-looking images. Third-party platform Hedra has it live already, saying it's faster than Nano Banana 2.
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