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Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)
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RANKED #34 OF 101 IMAGES · OVERALL #231 OF 493 RANKED · VIBE SCORE 6.4 · 348 VOICES ·
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Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, a.k.a. "Nano Banana," is now generally available. It is a state of the art image generation model with contextual understanding. It is capable of image generation,...
HAPPY9.7
26 mentions
SAD5.3
41 mentions
VIBE TRAJECTORY
26 weeks · 359 voices in this window
HONEYMOON FADING
Early praise is cooling off in recent weeks.
HOW TO USE IT
Closed model. Google hosts it, so you use it through an app or an API.
PREFER OPEN SOURCE? THE CROWD HAS PICKS
Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) is closed, so you rent it. These open-weight models can genuinely stand in for it. Download once, own forever.
FluxWHAT THE INTERNET SAYS
People are mostly frustrated with Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) right now. Biggest praise: price. Biggest gripe: saying no too much.
350 POSTS · 7 COMMENTS · STACK OVERFLOW · GITHUB · REDDIT · LEMMY · X · DEV.TO · BLOG
PEOPLE LOVE
- People feel it is worth the money (3 mentions)
PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT
- Refuses or lectures more than people like (3 mentions)
TOPIC BY TOPIC
- PriceMOSTLY POSITIVE
3 thumbs up · 2 thumbs down
- Saying no too muchA SORE SPOT
0 thumbs up · 3 thumbs down
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- REDDIT · 2025-08-28 · 1414 UPVOTESWith respect to the production of pornography, we have split the atom
With respect to the production of pornography, we have split the atom
- REDDIT · 2025-09-02 · 596 UPVOTESGoogle is now officially calling "Gemini 2.5 Flash image preview", "Nano Banana"
Google is now officially calling "Gemini 2.5 Flash image preview", "Nano Banana"
- REDDIT · 2025-08-26 · 418 UPVOTESGoogle's new Gemini 2.5 Flash Image model can do some very impressive high-level image edits
Google's new Gemini 2.5 Flash Image model can do some very impressive high-level image edits
- REDDIT · 2025-09-13 · 144 UPVOTESSillyTavern 1.13.4
SillyTavern 1.13.4
- REDDIT · 2025-09-22 · 121 UPVOTESHow to Create a "Hug My Younger Self" AI Image Using Google Gemini Nano Banana (Prompt + Tutorial)
How to Create a "Hug My Younger Self" AI Image Using Google Gemini Nano Banana (Prompt + Tutorial)
- REDDIT · 2025-08-27 · 116 UPVOTESRealistic Lofi Girl v4
Realistic Lofi Girl v4
- REDDIT · 2025-08-26 · 101 UPVOTESGemini 2.5 flash image (Nano Banana) Finally released
Gemini 2.5 flash image (Nano Banana) Finally released
- REDDIT · 2025-10-02 · 92 UPVOTESGemini 2.5 Flash Image now ready for production with new aspect ratios
Gemini 2.5 Flash Image now ready for production with new aspect ratios
- REDDIT · 2026-03-13 · 65 UPVOTESMeituan open sources LongCat-Image-Edit-Turbo, a distilled image editing model that hits open source SOTA in only 8 inference steps
Meituan open sources LongCat-Image-Edit-Turbo, a distilled image editing model that hits open source SOTA in only 8 inference steps
- REDDIT · 2025-09-02 · 61 UPVOTESMajor developments in AI last week.
Major developments in AI last week.
- REDDIT · 2025-10-31 · 49 UPVOTES"Emu3.5: Native Multimodal Models are World Learners"
"Emu3.5: Native Multimodal Models are World Learners"
- REDDIT · 2025-08-27 · 41 UPVOTESDisappointed by how much Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana) is now over-censored
Disappointed by how much Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana) is now over-censored