Fast enough to iterate
Images come back in a few seconds, two to three times faster than Pro, so you can try ten versions of an idea instead of three.
Nano Banana 2 · Gemini 3.1 Flash Image
Nano Banana 2 image generator
Nano Banana 2 is Google's fast Gemini image model and the default in the Gemini app. It keeps most of Pro's strengths, consistent faces, correct text and plain-English edits, while running two to three times faster at about half the credits. Write a prompt or add a photo below and it opens in Image Studio on Nano Banana 2.
Example image
Opens in Image Studio with the model you picked. You see the price in credits before anything runs.
What Nano Banana 2 is known for
Close to Pro on text and edits
In fal's tests and ours it matched Pro on spelling and on combining two photos. Thumbnails, covers and labels come out readable.
Faces that carry across edits
Put the same person in a new outfit or place and they stay themselves. Several photos can be combined into one image.
Every size, including extra-wide
From a quick 0.5K draft to 4K, and banner ratios up to 8:1 that Pro does not offer.
Where it's weaker
- Skin is a little smoother and less detailed than Pro's in close portraits.
- It can drift from part of an instruction: asked for a rooftop, it put our creator on a street.
- Extra-wide ratios at 2K and 4K could tile; Google fixed this in Nano Banana 2.1.
- Real public figures are refused, and every image carries an invisible SynthID watermark.
- The price rises with resolution: 2K and 4K cost more than 1K.
- Maker
- Google · Gemini 3.1 Flash Image, February 2026
- Resolution
- 0.5K · 1K · 2K · 4K
- Aspect ratios
- 9:16 to 21:9, plus 4:1, 1:4, 8:1, 1:8
- Modes
- Text to image · edit one or several photos
- Thinking
- Off by default, can be turned up
- Reference images
- Several per edit (model limit 14)
Made with Nano Banana 2 on Affogato
Every image below was generated with the prompt shown, unedited. Load any prompt into the generator and make your own version.
Two photos, one imageHer face, his coat, a Paris street
Prompt
Dress the woman from the first image in the camel overcoat, cream knit sweater and wide grey trousers worn by the man in the second image. Same face and hair as the first image. Full-body shot of her walking down a rainy Paris street at dusk, umbrella in hand.
Same face, new sceneThe cafe creator, moved to Times Square
Prompt
Keep the exact same woman from the image: same face, freckles and curly auburn hair. Place her on a city rooftop at night in a black leather jacket, holding her phone up to film the skyline, neon city lights behind her.
UGC with a readable labelA serum selfie for an ad
Prompt
UGC-style vertical selfie of a woman in her thirties in a bright bathroom, holding a frosted glass serum bottle up next to her cheek toward the camera. The bottle label clearly reads "DEWLAB" and, below it, "Niacinamide 10%". Natural makeup, real skin texture, a slightly messy bun, morning light from a window.
Text in the imageA magazine cover, every line spelled right
Prompt
A fashion magazine cover: a model in a tailored mustard-yellow suit against a deep teal backdrop, three-quarter portrait, chin slightly raised. The masthead at the top reads "LUMEN" in large serif letters. Cover lines on the left read "The Quiet Luxury Issue" and "48 Looks for Autumn". A small line at the bottom reads "November 2026 · No. 112". Crisp studio lighting.
Skin and lightA creator mid-laugh in a cafe
Prompt
A candid vertical phone photo of a 26-year-old woman with curly auburn hair and freckles filming a get-ready-with-me video in a sunlit cafe. She holds an iced latte and is caught mid-laugh, looking just past the camera. Natural skin texture with visible pores, soft window light, shallow depth of field, shot on a phone's main camera.
Fashion on a personStreet style in Seoul
Prompt
Full-body street-style photo of a young man in an oversized camel overcoat, a cream knit sweater, wide grey trousers and white sneakers, walking across a zebra crossing in Seoul at golden hour. Caught mid-stride, framed like a fashion-week street photographer's shot, city traffic softly blurred behind him.
Thumbnail with a headlineA YouTube thumbnail
Prompt
A YouTube thumbnail: a surprised young creator with round glasses on the right side, pointing at a giant bold yellow headline on the left that reads "I TRIED 30 AI TOOLS". Plain bright purple-to-blue gradient background with no logos, icons or brand marks. Clean cut-out look around the creator, high contrast, readable at small size.
Many faces at onceThree generations at dinner
Prompt
A warm candid photo of three generations of a Mexican-American family laughing around a backyard dinner table at dusk, string lights overhead. A grandmother passes a plate of tamales, a teenager is mid-laugh, a toddler sits on her father's lap. Documentary style, 35mm film look, every face natural and distinct.
HeadshotsA professional headshot
Prompt
A professional headshot of a Black woman in her forties with short natural hair, wearing a navy blazer over a white top, with a warm, confident smile. Soft grey seamless studio backdrop, gentle key light from the left, sharp focus on the eyes.
Which version to pick
Start here
Nano Banana 2
Everyday images, fast
Text to image, or switch to Edit with a photo. Start at 1K, go to 2K or 4K for the keeper.
16 credits per image
Open with Nano Banana 2Option 2
Nano Banana 2.1
The newer update
October 2026: sharper text, stronger multi-character scenes, fixed extra-wide tiling, and fewer credits than 2.
8 credits per image
Open with Nano Banana 2.1Option 3
Nano Banana Pro
Final portraits
When skin and light have to look photographed, or the scene is complex. Slower and about twice the credits.
30 credits per image
Open with Nano Banana Pro| Nano Banana 2 | Nano Banana 2.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | February 2026 | October 2026 |
| Thinking levels | Minimal · high | Minimal · medium · high |
| Multi-character scenes | Good | Better (Google's own scoring) |
| Extra-wide at 2K/4K | Could tile | Fixed |
| 0.5K drafts | Yes | No |
| Price for the same image | Higher | Lower |
fal recommends 2.1 for most new work. Nano Banana 2 stays useful for 0.5K drafts and for matching images you already made with it.
Nano Banana 2 Lite, the original Nano Banana and Nano Banana Lite are also in the studio's model menu. Credits are read from the live catalog; the Standard plan ($24/month) includes 2,000 credits, about 125 Nano Banana 2 images.
Prompting Nano Banana 2 well
- Draft at 0.5K or 1K to find the composition, then re-run the same prompt at 2K or 4K.
- Describe the scene in sentences instead of listing keywords: who is in it, what they are doing, where, and how it is framed and lit.
- Spell out every word that should appear in the image, in quotes, and say where it goes ("the masthead reads…").
- Use photography terms for realism: lens, shot type, light source, "shot on a phone".
- When you edit, say what must stay the same ("keep the exact same woman: same face, freckles and hair") and change one thing at a time.
- With several photos, give each one a role: "the woman from the first image, the coat from the second".
- Say what you want rather than what you don't: "an empty street" works better than "no cars".
From prompt to image
Describe the image or add a photo
Write the picture in the box at the top of this page, or start from an example. Add a photo to edit it.
Sign in and land in Image Studio
Your prompt, photo and format carry over, with Nano Banana 2 selected. Nothing runs until you press Generate.
Draft small, finish big
Generate at 1K to explore, then the keeper at 2K or 4K. The price shows under the Generate button first.
Keep editing
Send the image to Edit and change one thing at a time while the person stays the same.
Questions about Nano Banana 2
What is Nano Banana 2?
Nano Banana 2 is Google's Gemini 3.1 Flash Image model, released in February 2026 and the default image model in the Gemini app. It aims at Pro-level quality at Flash speed.
Nano Banana 2 vs Nano Banana Pro: which is better?
Pro is slightly better at realistic skin and at following complex instructions. Nano Banana 2 matched it on text and on combining two photos in our tests, runs two to three times faster and costs about half as much.
What changed in Nano Banana 2.1?
Google's October 2026 update adds a medium thinking level, improves multi-character scenes and text, fixes tiling on extra-wide ratios, and costs fewer credits on Affogato.
Does Nano Banana 2 do 4K?
Yes: 0.5K, 1K, 2K and 4K. The credit price rises with the resolution and is shown before you generate.
Is Nano Banana 2 free on Affogato?
No. Every image costs credits, shown before you generate. Credits come with a monthly plan and unused credits roll over up to the plan's cap.
Can I use Nano Banana 2 images commercially?
Yes. Paid Affogato plans include a commercial license, within our terms of service and Google's usage policies.
Keep exploring
Facts checked November 15, 2026. Sources: 9to5Google: Nano Banana 2 launch · Google AI Studio: image generation docs · fal: Nano Banana 2 API · fal: Nano Banana Pro vs Nano Banana 2 · fal: Nano Banana 2.1 vs 2 · Picsart: Nano Banana models compared · Google Cloud: prompting guide for Nano Banana