Google releases Gemini Nano Banana 2.1 and deprecates older image model

What changed

Google released Gemini Nano Banana 2.1 (gemini-nano-banana-2.1) as generally available. It updates Nano Banana 2 (gemini-3.1-flash-image) with improvements in visual quality, prompt adherence, character consistency, text rendering, and aspect ratios (1:4, 4:1, 1:8, 8:1) across 1K, 2K, and 4K resolutions. The gemini-3.1-flash-image model is deprecated and will be shut down on October 29, 2026.

What it means for Zabio customers

Zabio offers some models from Google, but none of the models named in this announcement are currently in the Zabio catalog.

What Zabio does

Catalog change under review. Not in the Zabio catalog yet: gemini-nano-banana-2.1.

Source

Released Gemini Nano Banana 2.1 (gemini-nano-banana-2.1), the latest high-efficiency image generation and conversational editing model.

Original announcement: Gemini API release notes

Published automatically from the official announcement, minutes after it appeared. Reviewed by a person within the day.