Google Introduces Nano Banana Pro with Focus on More Reliable AI Art Generation
Google is adding stronger verification with SynthID and upcoming C2PA support for clearer AI image attribution.
Ever since AI image generators became widely used, creators have faced the same problem. These tools often acted like talented but unpredictable collaborators, impressive when they worked, frustrating when they didn’t. Users wanted more than pretty pictures. They wanted reliability, repeatability, and real creative control. Google’s newly released Nano Banana Pro, an upgrade to the earlier Nano Banana model, aims to provide exactly that.
Built on Gemini 3, Nano Banana Pro focuses on practical improvements rather than spectacle. Image resolution jumps from the old 1024px limit into 2K and 4K territory, and text now stays legible, follows multiple fonts, and works across languages. Users gain direct control over lighting, focus, camera angle, colour tone, and depth of field, giving designers and photographers the tools they rely on daily. On top of that, the model can incorporate up to six high-fidelity reference shots, blend up to 14 separate objects in a single image, and maintain consistency for up to five people, making complex scenes and characters far easier to generate reliably. Google has also released a demo app so users can test these features firsthand.
David Adubiina
Nano Banana Pro also moves toward something Google has been building for years. It blends search and creation in a single workflow. You can ask it to pull information from the web, like a recipe or a reference image, and use that material directly in what it generates. Image creation becomes part of a broader task rather than a standalone experiment.
The improvements come with trade-offs. Images take longer to render and cost more than triple the original Nano Banana model. Google seems comfortable with that, framing this version for people who prioritise precision over quick drafts. A 1080p or 2K image now costs $0.139, and a 4K image $0.24, compared with $0.039 per 1024px image for the original model. Google has positioned Nano Banana Pro for users who prioritise precision and consistency over quick drafts.
Access to the model is integrated across Google’s ecosystem. The Gemini app defaults to Nano Banana Pro for all users until free users hit their generation cap, while paid subscribers enjoy higher limits. The model is also available in NotebookLM, Workspace tools like Slides and Vids, and Google’s new Antigravity IDE, ensuring creators can use the upgraded model wherever they work.
Google is also pushing forward on image verification. SynthID is now part of the Gemini app, so anyone can upload an image and check whether it was created or altered by Google’s models. Watermarks stay on for free users and turn off for the Ultra subscription tier. Support for C2PA content credentials is coming soon, which signals a world where verifying AI content becomes as important as producing it.
Louis Eriakha
This is all unfolding against the backdrop of Google’s rivalry with OpenAI. Gemini has a massive audience with more than 650 million monthly active users, and its AI Overviews feature reaches two billion people each month. OpenAI remains a heavyweight as well, with ChatGPT drawing about 800 million weekly active users. Nano Banana Pro enters that landscape not as a flashy stunt but as a tool built for people who care about consistency and control.
AI image generators are shifting from novelty toward something closer to real creative software. Nano Banana Pro leans heavily into that shift and gives creators something they’ve been asking for, not magic, but dependable tools they can actually work with.
Emmanuel Umahi
