It has been a bananas week for Google AI news. At the beginning of the week, Google dropped Gemini 3, a major overhaul to its chatbot and all its integrations. Now, its viral AI image editor and generator is getting the Gemini 3 treatment. A brand new version of its popular nano banana model, called nano banana pro, is out now
Google's original nano banana model was released earlier this summer. Since then, people have generated over 5 billion images with Gemini, bringing in over 10 million new Gemini users who signed up during the first few weeks of its availability. Now, the pro model aims to be even better, with the ability to generate readable text, upscale images up to 4K and handle multiple reference images in a single prompt. You can also ask Gemini to detect AI-generated images, a necessary tool as the latest AI models (like nano banana) have made it extremely difficult to discern real content from AI.
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We won't know how the model lives up to those promises until we get our hands on it. Here's how to access nano banana pro. For more, check out Google's new AI image detector and the best AI image generators.
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How to find and use nano banana pro in Google
There are a couple of ways to access nano banana pro through Google. Here are all the different methods.
Anyone for free: Gemini (mobile apps or web browser)
Google AI Studio
Playing subscribers (Ultra only): Google's AI filmmaking platform Flow
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