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Nano Banana 2 AI Image Generator
The main Nano Banana for imaginative scenes, product stories and social frames.
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At a glance
- Provider
- Best for
- Imaginative scenes, product stories, and social frames at 0.5K to 4K.
- Sizes
- 0.5K to 4K
- Reference images
- Up to 14
- Price
- 4 Credits at default settings
Character
Nano Banana 2 is the main model in the line: imaginative scenes and product stories, with a real resolution range and room for many frames.
Nano Banana 2 is where most Nano Banana work should live. It understands a playful or stylized prompt, then gives you 0.5K, 1K, 2K, or 4K so the result can be a study or a deliverable. Aspect choices are broad, which suits stories that move between a poster, a story frame, and a wide scene.
Image to Image carries the same range. Bring a reference when identity matters, and let the prompt handle atmosphere, wardrobe, and place.
Style
How Nano Banana 2 tends to see a picture.
Playful, then polished
Stylized and imaginative prompts are understood without much coaxing, and the result lands as a considered picture.
Color as storytelling
Color is part of the story. Name a palette when it should feel intentional.
Room for many frames
Aspect choices are broad, so one story can move between a poster, a story frame, and a wide scene.
Study small, deliver large
The same prompt can be judged at 1K and delivered at 2K or 4K. Composition is worth locking before the 4K pass.
In practice
The work this model is built to carry.
Everyday campaign work
Finished-enough images for a concept presentation.
Product stories
An object inside a place, with mood as well as form.
Story-ready social content
Vertical and square frames built around a clear moment.
Identity-led edits
Bring a reference when identity matters, and let the prompt change the atmosphere, the wardrobe, and the place.
Briefing
Give the model a scene with a verb. 'A baker leans over a copper tray, flour in the air, late shop light' behaves better than a pile of nouns.
Set the resolution to match the destination. Use 1K to compare directions, then 2K or 4K for the frame you keep.
Lock composition early
Judge the crop at 1K. A 4K surprise is expensive in attention if the framing was wrong.
Pick the model for the job
Choose Nano Banana 2 for breadth. Reach for Nano Banana 2.1 when you need extreme banner aspects or many references, and Nano Banana Pro when the image must be a finished campaign frame.
Aspect is a creative choice
Pick the frame for the story, then describe the action inside it. Do not rely on a later crop to invent the composition.
How Nano Banana 2 compares
Not sure it is the right pick? Here is when another model is the better start.
- Nano Banana 2.1
Choose Nano Banana 2.1 for the newer model, extreme banner aspects such as 1:8 and 8:1, and up to fourteen references.
- Nano Banana 2 Lite
Choose Nano Banana 2 Lite for quick studies before you spend on a finished frame.
- Nano Banana
Choose the original Nano Banana when you want that original expressive voice specifically.
Nano Banana 2 FAQ
Nano Banana 2 is the main model in the line and where most Nano Banana work should live: imaginative scenes and product stories with a real resolution range and room for many frames.
0.5K, 1K, 2K, or 4K, with a wider set of frames than the earlier Nano Banana model, from posters to wide images.
Nano Banana 2 is the working model with a broad aspect set. Nano Banana 2.1 is the newer model, adds extreme banner aspects, and takes up to fourteen references on Image to Image.
The original keeps its expressive voice. Nano Banana 2 adds the 0.5K, 1K, 2K, and 4K steps and broader aspects, so the same idea can be a study or a deliverable.
The price depends on the resolution, the number of outputs, and whether you use a reference image. At default settings, Nano Banana 2 costs 4 Credits. Create always shows the exact price before you start.
Yes. Images generated while a paid kitchen is in force include commercial use, including through the end of a period you already paid for. That permission stays with those images after the kitchen ends, subject to our Terms. Images generated with starter Credits, or while no paid kitchen is in force, are for personal, non-commercial use. See Pricing.
More in the Nano Banana family
Same family, different jobs. Pick by the work in front of you.
- Nano Banana
The original Nano Banana: playful ideas, made to look intentional.
- Nano Banana Pro
Bold color, finished for publication: faces, fabrics and fine detail hold up close.
- Nano Banana 2.1
Nano Banana color in extreme frames, from 1:8 tall strips to 8:1 banners.
- Nano Banana 2 Lite
The sketchbook Nano Banana: try ideas fast, then finish the winner on 2 or Pro.
Cook with Nano Banana 2
Create opens on this model. Write the prompt, set the frame, and keep the image on your private shelf.
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