Google summed up a successful year for the Nano Banana tool, which debuted in August 2025. The model has established itself as a leader among image editing tools, maintaining faces, style, and visual integrity during complex edits.
According to Google, Nano Banana gained recognition for its ability to perform tasks of various scales and complexities. Among the most popular use cases are photo editing to change lighting and atmosphere, creating realistic 3D figurines of people and animals, and merging old and new photos for meetings with oneself in childhood.
The tool also allows creating comics and cartoon scenes, experimenting with appearance, and creating infographics. Nano Banana is particularly popular for restoring old photos and generating holiday portraits. Surrealistic scenes, like walking among dozens of puppies, also made the list of uses.
The model is built on the Gemini 2.5 Flash Image platform, with an extended version, Nano Banana Pro, based on Gemini 3 Pro and enhanced logical thinking and contextual analysis capabilities available from November 2025. The tool is integrated into Google Search and NotebookLM, expanding its application possibilities.
In November 2025, Google, along with OpenAI, reduced the request limits for Nano Banana Pro and other AI services, responding to high user demand. This changed the conditions for free users, which may affect service availability in the future.
| Key Features | Description |
|---|---|
| Photo Editing | Changing lighting and atmosphere without losing details |
| 3D Figurines | Creating realistic miniatures from photos |
| Meeting with Childhood Self | Merging old and new images |
| Comics and Cartoons | From simple to full-fledged stories |
| Appearance Experiments | Changing hairstyles, hair color, clothing |
| Infographics | Visualizing complex topics and objects |
| Surrealistic Scenes | Examples like a walk among dozens of puppies |
