Nano Banana 2.1
Nano Banana 2.1 is Google's updated image generation and editing model in the Nano Banana 2 family. It improves graphic composition and subject consistency, and it follows complex prompts and edit instructions more accurately. It works from text alone or from as many as fourteen reference images plus one reference video, and it can ground a generation in live web and image search so the result reflects current facts and real visual references. It generates at 1K, 2K and 4K, with three levels of thinking that trade speed for reasoning depth, which suits layout-heavy design work, recurring characters and products, and precise multi-step edits.
Editing images How to edit an image with Nano Banana 2.1: one reference and a written instruction, keep lists, removals and additions, numbered changes, and chained edits.
Grounding with web and image search How to ground Nano Banana 2.1 in live facts and real appearances with settings.webSearch and settings.imageSearch, and when to leave both lookups off.
Composing from multiple reference images How to combine up to 14 reference images with Nano Banana 2.1: giving each image a role, following a layout sketch, borrowing a style, and reading a video.
Prompting How to write prompts for Nano Banana 2.1: briefs with counts and positions, layered descriptions, a system prompt for a house style, thinking levels, and sizes.
Subject consistency How to keep one product or character identical across a series with Nano Banana 2.1: one reference into new scenes, extra views, and illustrated characters.
Text and layouts How to get exact copy and structured layouts from Nano Banana 2.1: quoting strings, setting a type hierarchy, building infographics, and translating a design.