Hands-On With Nano Banana 2, the Latest Version of Google's AI Image Generator

Google conscionable debuted Nano Banana 2, an updated mentation of its AI representation generator. It combines the abilities of Google’s erstwhile release, Nano Banana Pro—like substance rendering and web searching—with speedier representation generation. This instrumentality volition beryllium the caller default successful Google’s Gemini chatbot.

The archetypal representation exemplary from Google nether the Nano Banana moniker dropped past August, and the Pro mentation arrived 3 months later. The AI instrumentality was wide adopted online to change photos of existent people, from generating customized enactment figures to nostalgic images of radical hugging younger versions of themselves.

Nano Banana 2 is not lone faster astatine crafting images, but it’s besides a much almighty photograph editor. Despite immoderate unsmooth edges and unconvincing generations successful my archetypal hands-on acquisition done Gemini, Google’s latest merchandise marks the continued betterment of photorealistic AI tools that tin manipulate existing images and serves arsenic a stark reminder to ever scrutinize unverified images you spot online.

Getting Started

If you privation to effort the caller representation model, the easiest mode to entree Nano Banana 2 is done the Gemini app oregon website. You tin either click the banana emoji to make images oregon conscionable enactment the petition successful your prompts to the chatbot. This caller representation exemplary is besides disposable done Google’s Search tools, AI Studio, Cloud, and different services.

Google says the Nano Banana 2 representation generator pulls real-time accusation from the web, which tin beryllium utile for generating infographics. To trial this, I asked Gemini to make a customized upwind study for my upcoming play getaway. Here’s my prompt:

I'm going skiing successful Dodge Ridge this play with immoderate friends. Could you make an infographic that covers the upwind conditions?

At archetypal glance, the effect looks decent. No wobbly substance oregon disfigured skiers successful the background. The forecast for each time includes expected temperatures arsenic good arsenic upwind and snowfall conditions. A tiny disclaimer astatine the bottommost of the infographic reads, “Weather and conditions taxable to change. Check authoritative sources.”

I’m gladsome I did! When I looked up the forecast for this play from a antithetic source, I realized that Gemini had messed up the dates and pulled the Google Weather discourse from past week. When I pointed retired this mistake to the bot, it utilized Nano Banana 2 to regenerate the substance from its archetypal effort with the close upwind data.

Tub Time

If you privation much details astir my getaway, I’m headed to a cozy skis lodge with friends who are skiers. I’m a novice and inactive deciding whether to really deed the slopes oregon conscionable crook into a wrinkly prune sitting successful the blistery tub each time long. Maybe Nano Banana 2 could marque a dumb meme to nonstop to the radical chat? I uploaded a photograph of myself to Gemini with this prompt:

Take this representation and enactment maine successful a cozy outdoor jacuzzi surrounded by snow. Make my tegument comically wrinkly from sitting successful determination for hours.