Matt Wolfe shows how to access Google's Nano Banana 2 image generator, which is twice as fast as the previous version. It's free in Gemini across 141 countries, available through Gemini, AI Studio, Vertex AI, and Google Flow, with new artistic styles like Gothic Clay.
So what is nano banana 2? This is Google's latest state of the art image model. Basically the pitch is that it is Pro level quality and intelligence at flash level speeds. And so far it seems to be pretty dang fast. Now you can access this inside of your Gemini account. You go to gemini.google.com click on create Image or select Create Image from the little dropdown here and you can instantly tell you're using the new version because you have all of these styles available to you now if you select any one of these styles. So for instance Gothic Clay, it will use this as a reference image down here to generate it in that style. It will also be available inside of AI studio aistudio.google.com up in the top right where you see the model. Go ahead and click on that model, select images and by the time this video is live, you should see an option for Nano Banana too. Although I don't have access in this platform yet, it's also available in Google Cloud, Vertex and inside of Google Flow. It will now actually be the default image generator inside of Flow. It actually uses 0 credits if you use it inside of Flow. If you're in Gemini, you can use NANOBANANA 2 for free. As far as I'm aware, in about 141 different countries, the Nano Banana Pro model that we used to have access to is now going to be on the Pro and Ultra plans. I wouldn't say it's a huge leap in capabilities beyond Nano Banana Pro, but it's way faster. I mean, it's twice as fast.
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