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Google DeepMind Launches Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, Confirms 'Nano‑Banana' Identity

The model focuses on precise, likeness‑preserving edits with watermarking designed to curb misuse.

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Overview

  • It is available today in the Gemini app for all users and to developers through the Gemini API, Google AI Studio and Vertex AI.
  • The system supports multi‑turn editing, blends multiple photos into a new scene and applies styles across images while keeping people and pets looking consistent.
  • Google says the model led evaluations on LMArena and other benchmarks after weeks of viral testing under the pseudonym “nano‑banana.”
  • All images created or edited in Gemini carry a visible mark plus an invisible SynthID watermark, and Google’s terms prohibit generating non‑consensual intimate imagery.
  • Adobe said it will offer Google’s model in Firefly and Express, underscoring growing competition with established image editors and rival AI models.