Google released Nano Banana 2.1 today, and it is already operating inside AI Mode in Google Search. Nano Banana 2.1 is Google's latest depiction generation and editing model.
Google said Nano Banana 2.1 "outperforms our former models throughout the board, alongside notable leaps in ocular design, mask-based editing, and topic consistency to assistance you create additional natural-looking images."
Robby Stein, Google's VP of Product in Search, added that Nano Banana 2.1 is already in AI Mode. He wrote on X, "Nano Banana 2.1 is rolling out in AI Mode in Search!" To use it, he said, fair "open the Google app & tap the 🍌 icon under the Search box to get started creating."
Here is a screenshot of that clasp in the Google App:
Here is a screenshot of what happens whenever you tap the 🍌 icon:
Google archetypal brought Nano Banana to Google Lens a twelvemonth ago afterward expanded admission to AI Mode final December and in July brought it to AI Overviews. I don't think AI Overviews use type 2.1 of Nano Banana yet but AI Mode does.
Nano Banana 2.1 is rolling out in AI Mode in Search!
Open the Google app & tap the 🍌 icon under the Search box to get started creating.
— Robby Stein (@rmstein) October 6, 2026
Forum conversation at X.
