Gemini Nano Banana 2.1 General Availability

Google DeepMind: Gemini Nano Banana 2.1 General Availability, Tuesday, October 6, 2026. Ended.

Gemini Nano Banana 2.1 (gemini-nano-banana-2.1) is an image generation and conversational editing model, an update to Nano Banana 2, that became generally available in the Gemini API.

Who’s involved

• Google DeepMind (host, organizer, participant)
• Google AI Studio (host)

Tickets and details: ai.google.dev

Last updated 2026-10-19.