Google’s Nano Banana image generator has already gone viral because of how really, incredibly, and scarily good it is. But today, it’s old news already. Google just announced the much more impressive new Nano Banana Pro, based on the Gemini 3 Pro Image model, which is already putting good ol’ Banana to shame with its superpowers.
Nano Banana Pro is better with text generation, uses real-time data from Google, and applies advanced reasoning to create or edit images better than ever. It can also make spiffy new infographics, like this one I made below, which explains where exactly Nano Banana Pro is rolling out. But how do you turn on the new Gemini Nano Banana Pro model? Here’s the gist.
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How to ditch Nano Banana for Nano Banana Pro
Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Gemini Nano Banana Pro pop-up
Gemini Nano Banana Pro is available globally already to everyone, free and paid subscribers alike, in the Gemini web and mobile apps. Free users will get limited quotas and then revert to Nano Banana, but paid subscribers of Google One’s AI Plus, AI Pro, and AI Ultra plans will have higher quotas to use the Pro model.
Google might show you a greeting when you open Gemini, giving you a quick way to turn on Nano Banana Pro, but if it doesn’t, you need to make sure you select two things in your Gemini app because Nano Banana Pro is only available with the Thinking model.
Select Create Image Choose the Thinking model You're now using Nano Banana Pro
First, select 🍌 Create Image in the Gemini suggestion screen, as you usually do, then make sure to tap on the 2.5 Flash model button on the bottom right. Switch to the Thinking 3 Pro model. Once both of these options are selected correctly, Gemini will use the new Nano Banana Pro instead of the older Banana.
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