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Nano Banana 2.1 is Google's image generation and editing model released on 6 October 2026 (model id gemini-nano-banana-2.1). In Spicy Mayo you can run it for text-to-image and photo edits at 1K, 2K or 4K, in 8 aspect ratios including 21:9, with up to 4 reference photos in one edit. The credit cost is shown before you generate: 30 credits at 1K, 45 at 2K, 60 at 4K. Spicy Mayo accesses the model through fal and is independent of Google.
Nano Banana 2.1 is Google DeepMind's update to Nano Banana 2, released as generally available on 6 October 2026 in the Gemini API and on Vertex, with a model card published the same day official. Google says it "outperforms our previous models across the board, with notable leaps in visual design, mask-based editing, and subject consistency" official, @Google on X, 6 Oct 2026. The documentation lists 1K, 2K and 4K output (default 1K), up to 14 reference images per prompt, selectable thinking levels (minimal, medium, high) and improved text rendering official. Google's own model card is candid about limits: small text can be blurry at 1K, and character consistency between an input photo and the output is not perfect official. The usual remedy is to request 2K or 4K and to name, in the prompt, the details that must stay.
Sources: Nano Banana 2.1 model page (Gemini API) · Nano Banana 2.1 model card (Google DeepMind) · Gemini API changelog · @Google on X.
Google deprecated Nano Banana 2 (gemini-3.1-flash-image) on the day 2.1 launched and shuts it down on , directing developers to migrate official, changelog. Spicy Mayo never offered Nano Banana 2 and went straight to 2.1, so nothing changes for you on that date. Google's list price for 2.1 is $0.0336 per 1K image, $0.0504 per 2K and $0.0756 per 4K official, pricing page; through fal, which Spicy Mayo uses, 2.1 costs $0.08 at 1K, $0.12 at 2K and $0.16 at 4K official, fal, which is where our 30 / 45 / 60-credit quotes come from (we price at roughly $0.003 of provider cost per credit, the same ratio as Nano Banana Pro).
Sources: Gemini API changelog · Gemini API deprecations · Gemini API pricing · fal: google/nano-banana-2.1.
Reported, not confirmed. Trackers say the model tested anonymously on Arena as "spicy-mayo" from 9 September 2026, nicknamed "Nano Banana 2.5" at the time, shipped as Nano Banana 2.1 reported, TestingCatalog's Flow-build label change on 27 September; HuggingNews citing @lyraxana. Google's model card does not mention the codename, Arena published no reveal, and one tracker cites a different codename, so we label the link as reported official, absence. What is confirmed: Nano Banana 2.1 is real, released, and the model you select on this page. Spicy Mayo is an independent studio named after the codename and is not affiliated with Google or Arena.
The full spicy-mayo story with sources → · What "Nano Banana 2.5" means →
| Fact | Nano Banana 2.1 | Nano Banana Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Credits per image | 30 / 45 / 60 (1K / 2K / 4K) | 50 / 100 (2K / 4K) |
| Reference photos per edit | up to 4 | 1 |
| Aspect ratios | 8 (incl. 21:9) | 7 |
| Arena rank, 6 October 2026 snapshot official | #5 text-to-image · #6 image edit | #16 (2k) · #12 |
| Start here for | drafts, multi-photo edits, panoramas, lower cost | the most demanding 4K and typography work |
A rank is not a verdict on your brief: run the same prompt on both and compare. Our image model comparison lists every available model's settings and three repeatable test prompts.
Text-only starting points, written for the capabilities Google documents (exact words, multi-photo edits, 21:9). We have not published Nano Banana 2.1 outputs yet; the studio shows every result with the model that made it.
A square concert poster for "SPICY MAYO SESSIONS", date "OCT 11", venue "ROOM 2". Bold condensed sans-serif, cobalt background, cream type, a single lime graphic shape. Include only those exact words.Open the studio with Nano Banana 2.1
Use photo 1 for the person and photo 2 for the jacket. Dress the person in that exact jacket, keep their face, hair, pose and the original background. Match the light.Open the studio with Nano Banana 2.1
A 21:9 panoramic photograph of a coastal town at blue hour, warm windows, calm sea, no text.Open the studio with Nano Banana 2.1
Not in the Gemini API ($0.0336 per 1K image at Google's list price) and not in Spicy Mayo, where generation needs a plan and credits (30 credits per 1K image on current plans). Google's consumer apps include it subject to their own limits. See plans
Google lists the Gemini app, Google AI Studio, the Gemini API, Google Flow and other Google surfaces (official). fal exposes it as google/nano-banana-2.1 and google/nano-banana-2.1/edit, which is what Spicy Mayo calls.
Yes: up to 4 reference photos in one edit here (Google's API allows 14; we cap at 4 to keep uploads quick). Name which photo supplies which element.
Google states all images from this model carry an invisible SynthID watermark (official). Spicy Mayo adds nothing on top.
High, fixed. It costs a fraction of a credit more at the provider and makes the quote deterministic. Web-search grounding is off.
There is no released model called Nano Banana 2.5; that was the community's nickname for the Arena test model that trackers report became 2.1. Details on the status page
Per Google's model card: small text can blur at 1K, and character consistency is imperfect. Use 2K or 4K for text, and describe what must stay unchanged.
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