According to the latest news, Google is intensifying its preparations for the release of its highly anticipated AI image generation model, Nano Banana2, with an internal codename "GEMPIX2." This development stems from a recent announcement added to the Gemini official website. Industry insiders expect the model to officially launch in the coming weeks. This marks an accelerated pace of innovation in Google's generative AI field, aiming to provide users with a more efficient and accurate image creation experience.
It is reported that the Nano Banana series, as a core product of Google DeepMind team, has quickly gained popularity since the first generation of Nano Banana (officially named Gemini2.5Flash Image) was released on August 26, 2025. The model rapidly topped the LMArena image editing ranking during its early preview. With its "multi-turn conversation" interaction and highly consistent character maintenance function, it helps users easily merge photos, change backgrounds, or generate images in artistic styles. Within just a few weeks, it attracted over 10 million new users joining the Gemini ecosystem and facilitated more than 200 million image editing operations.
The exposure of Nano Banana2 comes from a teaser card and technical specifications appearing in the Gemini UI interface. These clues indicate that the new version will continue the creative focus of its predecessor, optimizing visual generation speed and artistic style diversity for professional creators and developers. At the same time, it may be deeply integrated with the Gemini3.0 series, further enhancing multimodal processing capabilities, such as custom visual style generation for video summaries.
Google has not yet disclosed specific details, but the appearance of the announcement usually indicates that the release window is imminent, possibly accompanying updates to products like NotebookLM and Google Photos. Analysts point out that the success of Nano Banana not only stems from its technological leadership—such as the built-in SynthID digital watermark to identify AI-generated content—but also from its seamless integration with the Gemini application, enabling ordinary users to operate like professional designers.
Following the first model that drove Gemini's monthly active users to exceed 650 million, the arrival of Nano Banana2 is expected to further narrow the gap with competitors and inject new vitality into the creative industry. However, Google emphasizes that all generated images will be watermarked to ensure transparency and compliance. As AI tools fully penetrate the visual domain, the release of Nano Banana2 may spark a new wave of industry discussion.
