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Google Debuts Templates for Nano Banana as Gemini Image Editor Surges in Use

Low per-image costs and simple presets are pushing the tool into everyday creative workflows.

Overview

  • Google says more than 200 million images have been created or edited and 10 million new users joined Gemini since the feature was enabled for everyone about ten days ago.
  • The new template gallery offers one-click starting points such as Time Traveler, Style Lookbook, 80s Mall Shoot, Miniature Me, Hair Styler, Impossible Pics and Pro Headshots.
  • Users can start from a photo, apply multi-turn edits that keep characters or products consistent and run fast, Photoshop-like transformations or combine images.
  • Pricing for Gemini 2.5 Flash Image is $30 per 1 million output tokens, with about 1,290 tokens per image, for an estimated $0.039 per image.
  • Consumer access in the Gemini app has daily limits that expand with Gemini Advanced or Workspace subscriptions, and developers can use the model via Google AI Studio.