Nano Banana — Google's AI Image Editor, Free to Try
Nano Banana went viral for edits that keep a face intact. Nano Banana Pro-class engines run here directly — no Gemini app sign-in flow, first images free, no watermark.
Nano Banana and Gemini are products of Google. SeedDance is not affiliated with Google — this page explains the model and offers comparable image generation directly.
Nano Banana-style edits, made here
Figurine renders, portrait restyles, background swaps, text-in-image posters — click any card to view the prompt.
The edits Nano Banana is known for
The face survives the edit
Change outfit, background, era or art style and the person still reads as the same person — the property that made the model go viral in the first place.
Say what to change, not what to draw
Instruction-following edits: "replace the sky with overcast dusk, leave everything else". The rest of the frame stays put instead of being regenerated.
Text you can actually read
Posters, packaging, signage and diagrams come out with legible lettering — the failure mode that used to make AI images unusable for design work.
Finish at 4K
Take any result to print resolution with a 4K upscale pass in the same place, no export to a second tool.
Make a Nano Banana-style edit in 3 steps
Upload the photo
A clear, well-lit subject edits best. For figurine and toy-box renders, a single person facing the camera is the reliable starting point.
Name the one change
"Turn this into a collectible vinyl figure on a desk, keep the face" — one instruction plus what to preserve beats a paragraph of style words.
Download clean
PNG without watermark, full rights, upscale to 4K if you need print size.
What is Nano Banana?
Nano Banana started as an anonymous codename. In August 2025 an unidentified model appeared on public evaluation arenas under that name, beat everything on hand at photo editing, and set off a guessing game — until Google confirmed it was Gemini 2.5 Flash Image. The nickname stuck so hard that Google adopted it officially, and the model became the engine behind a wave of trends: figurine and toy-box renders, retro-portrait restyles, outfit and background swaps that keep the subject recognisable.
Nano Banana Pro is the higher-quality successor, built on Gemini 3 Pro Image and shipped in late 2025. Google's own numbers put it ahead on legible text inside images — posters, diagrams, signage — and it holds consistency for up to five characters and fidelity for up to fourteen objects in a single workflow, with generation and upscaling at 1K, 2K and 4K. It's reachable through the Gemini app, Google AI Studio, the Gemini API and Google's enterprise platform.
The family continued on Gemini 3.x through 2026, and the model people call "Nano Banana 2" is the newer Flash-line release rather than a replacement for Nano Banana Pro — the Pro model stays the high-fidelity option, the Flash model is the fast one. Google's official naming for the 2026 releases is worth checking against its own model pages before you quote it.
What all of them are good at is the same three things: character consistency across edits, following an instruction rather than reinterpreting the whole image, and rendering text you can actually read. Those are the jobs this page runs — Nano Banana Pro-class engines, in a browser, first images free.
| Type | Text-to-image · instruction-based image editing |
|---|---|
| Maker | Google (Google DeepMind) |
| Real name | Gemini 2.5 Flash Image; Nano Banana Pro = Gemini 3 Pro Image |
| Named | August 2025, as an anonymous arena codename |
| Known for | Character consistency, precise edits, legible text in-image |
| Resolutions | 1K, 2K and 4K generation and upscaling (Pro) |
| Here | Nano Banana Pro-class engine, free to try, no watermark |
The Nano Banana family at a glance
| Version | Released | What changed |
|---|---|---|
| Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) | August 2025 | Anonymous arena codename, then official — viral for photo edits with character consistency |
| Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) | Late 2025 | Built on Gemini 3 — lowest text-rendering error rates in Google's benchmarks, 5-character consistency, 1K/2K/4K output |
| "Nano Banana 2" (Gemini 3.x Flash Image) | 2026 | Newer Flash-line release — faster generation and tighter instruction following, alongside Pro rather than replacing it |
"Nano Banana" is a nickname for a line of Gemini image models, not a standalone product — which is why the version names people search for and the ones Google publishes don't always match.
Nano Banana vs SeedDance
| Nano Banana (Google) | SeedDance | |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | Google DeepMind | Independent |
| Strength | Character consistency, instruction-following edits, legible in-image text | Nano Banana Pro-class and GPT Image 2 engines in one browser tab |
| Open-source | ❌ | ❌ |
| Best for | Editing photos inside the Gemini app or API | Running the same edits free, no account flow, no watermark |
Same class of engine, different front door: Google's is the Gemini app and API, this one is a prompt box that starts free. Run an edit both ways and keep the better result.
Nano Banana, answered
Is Nano Banana free?
Google's Gemini app has a free tier with daily limits on image generation, and higher volume needs a paid Google AI plan or API billing. On SeedDance your first images are free to try — no card required, and downloads have no watermark.
What is Nano Banana?
Nano Banana is the nickname — originally an anonymous codename on public evaluation arenas in August 2025 — for Google's Gemini image models. The first was Gemini 2.5 Flash Image; Nano Banana Pro, built on Gemini 3 Pro Image, is the higher-quality successor. It's known for editing photos while keeping the subject recognisable.
What is Nano Banana 2?
"Nano Banana 2" is what the community calls the newer Flash-line Gemini image model released in 2026. It's positioned as the fast, instruction-tight option alongside Nano Banana Pro rather than as a replacement for it — check Google's model pages for the current official name.
Is this the official Nano Banana site?
No — Nano Banana is Google's model, reachable through the Gemini app, Google AI Studio and the Gemini API. SeedDance is an independent platform where you can run comparable image generation and editing directly.
What's the difference between Nano Banana and Nano Banana Pro?
Pro is built on Gemini 3 Pro Image and aims at maximum fidelity — better text rendering, consistency across more characters and objects, and output up to 4K. The plain Flash-line models are faster and cheaper per image. Pro-class quality is what runs here.
Can I do the figurine and toy-box edits here?
Yes — upload the photo, describe the render you want, and keep the instruction to preserve the face. That's the same job the viral trends are doing.
Is there a watermark?
No — images generated on SeedDance download clean, free or paid.
Can I use the images commercially?
Yes — full commercial rights to what you generate here, provided you hold rights to any photo you upload.