# Nano Banana 2.1

Nano Banana 2.1 is a model from Google, released on 6 Oct 2026. The context window is 131,072 tokens. Pricing is $1.50 (text/image/video) per million input tokens and $30.00 (images); $7.50 (text and thinking) per million output tokens.

- Developer: Google
- Id: gemini-nano-banana-2.1
- Released: 2026-10-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sighting: 2026-10-06T15:00:31.381Z
  - [evidence link](https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models)
- Status: Released
- Canonical: https://alexgetman.com/models/google/gemini-nano-banana-2-1/

## Questions

### What is the context window of Nano Banana 2.1?

The context window is 131,072 tokens.

### How much does Nano Banana 2.1 cost?

Pricing is $1.50 (text/image/video) per million input tokens and $30.00 (images); $7.50 (text and thinking) per million output tokens.

### When was Nano Banana 2.1 released?

On 6 Oct 2026.

- `gemini-nano-banana-2.1` · batch · Output price: ≈ $0.0168 / image · per 1K image
- `gemini-nano-banana-2.1` · batch · Output price: $0.0252 / image · per 2K image
- `gemini-nano-banana-2.1` · batch · Output price: $0.0567 / image · per 4K image*
- `gemini-nano-banana-2.1` · standard · Output price: ≈ $0.0336 / image · per 1K image
- `gemini-nano-banana-2.1` · standard · Output price: $0.0504 / image · per 2K image
- `gemini-nano-banana-2.1` · standard · Output price: $0.113 / image · per 4K image*
## Evidence links

- 2026-10-06T15:00:31.381Z: Catalogue listing · Gemini API · `models/gemini-nano-banana-2.1`

## Evidence links

- [Primary source (reviewed)](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/changelog)
- [Gemini · deprecations](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations?hl=en)
- [Gemini API](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models)
- [Google AI for Developers](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-nano-banana-2.1)
- [gemini-model-index](https://aistudio.google.com/docs/models/gemini-nano-banana-2.1)
- [gemini-pricing](https://aistudio.google.com/docs/pricing)
- [Arena](https://arena.ai)
- [vertex-google-models](https://console.cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/publishers/google/model-garden/gemini-nano-banana-2.1)
- [Google DeepMind · sitemap](https://deepmind.google/models/model-cards/nano-banana-2-1)
- [review](https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/models/gemini/nano-banana-2-1)
- [gemini](https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models)
- [models.dev · catalogue](https://models.dev/#gemini-nano-banana-2.1)
- [OpenCode · discovery](https://opencode.ai/data/google/gemini-nano-banana-2-1)
- [OpenRouter](https://openrouter.ai/google/gemini-nano-banana-2.1)
- [Vercel AI Gateway](https://vercel.com/ai-gateway)

## Signals

- [Nano Banana 2.1: API availability](https://alexgetman.com/signals/2026/10/06/nano-banana-2-1/)