Newer AI models seem to surface every other day, with Nano-Banana becoming the latest one to enter the market. The image generator has quickly garnered a lot of praise from initial users, with many lauding the model’s ability to maintain coherence while rendering the required pictures. But what is the Nano-Banana AI photo tool, and who is responsible for its creation?
What is Nano-Banana?
Nano-Banana is a freshly launched AI model that allows its users to create, edit, and even manipulate photos according to the input prompts.
The image generator recently popped up on the internet, with users taking note of it on LMArena. While the benchmarking site, where interested users can compare two different AI models, has yet to add Nano-Banana to its list of options, it sometimes appears while users are pitting one model against the other.
Netizens who have tried Nano-Banana for themselves have mostly given exceptional reviews to the AI model, with a number of users highlighting its capability to generate accurate images, especially while compositing real images and artificially rendered photos. While describing the AI photo tool on X (formerly Twitter), a user named Mariano Pardo wrote, “It’s the first one with good object persistence,” before applauding “how well it followed the prompt.” Meanwhile, another user tested the model on product replacement and noted that “even product photos that have complex patterns” can be matched “perfectly” using Nano-Banana, adding that it took an average of “2–3 tries to get a solid result.”
Despite its supposedly superior output, it remains unclear as to who developed Nano-Banana. Some have theorized that Google is behind this model, albeit without any official confirmation from the tech giants. However, Google’s head of product for AI Studio, Logan Kilpatrick, recently posted a banana emoji on his X profile without context, causing many to deduce that it could be in reference to Nano-Banana. Naina Raisinghani, a Google DeepMind product manager, followed it up by sharing a photo of a banana taped to a wall, adding fuel to the fire.
Although the initial reviews for Nano-Banana are highly positive, interested users should practice caution before sharing any sensitive information with such AI models.
