Google: Nano Banana 2.1✓ Catalog verified
Nano Banana 2.1 (Gemini Nano Banana 2.1) is Google's image generation and editing model on the Flash tier, succeeding Nano Banana 2 and Nano Banana Pro. It improves product recontextualization,...
Overview
Nano Banana 2.1 (Gemini Nano Banana 2.1) is Google's image generation and editing model on the Flash tier, succeeding Nano Banana 2 and Nano Banana Pro. It improves product recontextualization,...
Access: available through the official Google API. Context window: 66K.
Specifications
| API identifier | google/gemini-nano-banana-2.1 |
| Provider | |
| Model type | Multimodal LLM |
| Context window | 66K catalog |
| Input modalities | image · text |
| Output modalities | image · text |
| Released | Oct 6, 2026 |
| Tokenizer | Gemini |
| Moderated | No |
| Architecture modality | text+image->text+image |
Pricing
Live pricing components for google/gemini-nano-banana-2.1 as published in the catalog.
| Pricing component | Raw unit price | Normalized | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prompt tokens | $0.0000015 | $1.50 / 1M | Per input token |
| Completion tokens | $0.0000075 | $7.50 / 1M | Per output token |
| Request fee | N/A | N/A | Per request |
| Image fee | N/A | N/A | Per image unit |
| Web search fee | $0.014 | $0.014000 | Per search request |
Cost calculator
Estimate monthly spend from your own token volumes.
Estimated Total Cost
$2.25Calculated from current list pricing in the ModelsAtlas catalog.Capabilities
| Capability | Status | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Visual Understanding | ✓ Supported | Image and document analysis support |
| Audio Processing | Not advertised | Speech and voice aligned flows |
| Tool Calling | ✓ Supported | Supports tools / function calling |
| Self-Hosting | Not advertised | Deploy outside managed APIs |
Capability signals
Directional signals derived from model metadata and capability tags — not official benchmark submissions.
Quick start
Call Google: Nano Banana 2.1 through an OpenAI-compatible client.
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://openrouter.ai/api/v1",
api_key="YOUR_API_KEY"
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="google/gemini-nano-banana-2.1",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Explain quantum physics."}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)Alternatives
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Sources & attribution
Pricing and metadata are maintained in the ModelsAtlas catalog.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Google: Nano Banana 2.1 cost?
$1.50 per 1M input tokens and $7.50 per 1M output tokens on the official Google API.
What is the context window of Google: Nano Banana 2.1?
Google: Nano Banana 2.1 supports up to 66K tokens of context.
Does Google: Nano Banana 2.1 support tool / function calling?
Yes, Google: Nano Banana 2.1 supports tool / function calling — you can register tools and the model will emit structured tool calls.
How do I access Google: Nano Banana 2.1?
Use the official Google API with the model id `google/gemini-nano-banana-2.1`. See the Quick start section above for code examples.