Nano Banana 2.1

High-efficiency image generation and conversational editing model.

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Specs

Context: —
Max output: 32.8K
Input price: $1.5/ 1M tokens
Output price: $30/ 1M tokens
Released: 2026-10-06

Context

Context window: —
Max input: 131.1K
Max output: 32.8K

Pricing · USD / 1M tokens

Input: $1.5
Output: $30
Cache read: —
Cache write: —

Modalities

Input: TextImageVideoDocument
Output: ImageText

API

API types: imagesbatch

Reasoning

Reasoning: Yes
Levels: minimalmediumhigh

Info

Status: Active
Released: 2026-10-06
Knowledge cutoff: —

Features

Confirmed: batch

How to call

googlemodel = gemini-nano-banana-2.1reasoning = generationConfig.thinkingConfig.thinkingLevel

images

POSThttps://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/{model}:generateContent

batch

POSThttps://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/{model}:batchGenerateContent

JSON

gemini-nano-banana-2.1.json

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  "object": "model",
  "created": 1791244800,
  "owned_by": "google",
  "name": "Nano Banana 2.1",
  "api": {
    "types": [
      "images",
      "batch"
    ]
  },
  "limits": {
    "context": null,
    "input": 131072,
    "output": 32768
  },
  "modalities": {
    "input": [
      "text",
      "image",
      "video",
      "document"
    ],
    "output": [
      "image",
      "text"
    ]
  },
  "reasoning": {
    "supported": true,
    "efforts": [
      "minimal",
      "medium",
      "high"
    ]
  },
  "pricing": {
    "currency": "USD",
    "unit": "1M_tokens",
    "input": 1.5,
    "output": 30,
    "cache_read": null,
    "cache_write": null
  },
  "features": [
    "batch"
  ],
  "info": {
    "status": "active",
    "release_date": "2026-10-06",
    "knowledge_cutoff": null,
    "description": "High-efficiency image generation and conversational editing model.",
    "docs": "https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-nano-banana-2.1",
    "verified_at": "2026-10-11"
  }
}

Official sources