Google releases image generation and editing model Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (codename nano banana)

Google has officially released its latest image generation and editing model, Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (codename nano banana), which ranks among the top on multiple benchmarks and delivers outstanding performance. Key features include maintaining character consistency, prompt-based image editing, reasoning with real-world knowledge from Gemini, and multi-image fusion. The model is now accessible via the Gemini App, API, Google AI Studio, and Vertex AI, with an image generation cost of about $0.039 per image.