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Revolutionizing Image Editing: Google’s Nano Banana 2 Empowers Users with Advanced AI Tools for Free

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February 27, 2026

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

Google Introduces Nano Banana 2: A Powerful AI Image Model for Free Users

Google is launching Nano Banana 2, also known as Gemini 3.1 Flash Image, a more robust version of its AI image model, to provide advanced features to free users. This update, available on the Gemini app and other Google AI platforms, brings the high-speed intelligence of Gemini Flash to visual generation, making complex image creation faster, more cost-effective, and simpler for everyone.

Enhanced Features of Nano Banana 2

Nano Banana 2 leverages real-time information, web search images, and Gemini’s knowledge base to offer more relevant data for creating infographics and diagrams. This model, similar to Nano Banana Pro, enables accurate rendering of specific subjects, enhancing the overall image generation process.

Expanded Capabilities for Free Users

Previously exclusive to paid subscriptions, Nano Banana 2 now grants free Gemini users access to features like generating images with legible text, localized translation, and more creative control over image generation. These capabilities, once limited to premium Google AI subscriptions, are now available to all users, including those using AI Mode in Google Search.

Improved Visual Enhancements and Control

Nano Banana 2 offers enhanced creative control over generated images, including vibrant lighting, richer textures, sharper details, and adherence to complex image requests. Users can maintain the appearance of characters and objects more consistently in a single workflow, with full control over aspect ratios and resolutions ranging from 512px to 4K.

Availability and Transition

Nano Banana 2 will replace Nano Banana Pro in the Gemini app’s Fast, Thinking, and Pro generation modes. AI Pro and Ultra subscribers can still access Nano Banana Pro for specialized tasks by selecting the three-dot menu on images. The new model will also roll out to AI Mode in Search, Google Lens, the Google app, and browsers for mobile and desktop, becoming the default image generation model in Google’s AI video tool, Flow.