Google launches Nano Banana 2 at Flash speed
Google launched Nano Banana 2, also called Gemini 3.1 Flash Image, across Gemini, Search, Flow, and Google Ads, with API and Vertex AI access in preview. The model combined faster generation with image-search grounding, improved text and translation, consistency for up to five characters and fourteen objects, and output controls from 512 pixels to 4K.
Why it matters: High-quality image generation and editing became fast enough for iterative production workflows while adding stronger text, localization, subject consistency, and provenance.