Nano Banana 2.1 now available on AI Gateway
Nano Banana 2.1, an improved image generation and editing model, is now available on Vercel's AI Gateway. The model offers better product recontextualization, mask- and ink-based editing, and factuality while maintaining Flash-tier latency and cost.
from is now available on . It improves image generation and editing over earlier Nano Banana models.Nano Banana 2.1GoogleAI Gateway
This release targets product recontextualization, mask- and ink-based editing, and factuality. Product recontextualization places an existing product in a new scene. Mask- and ink-based edits change only the region marked by a mask or by strokes drawn on the image. Factuality is how accurately images depict real-world subjects.
The model renders photorealistic skin tones, intricate materials, sharp lighting, and coherent backgrounds at the latency and cost of a Flash-tier model.
Call it through the or the OpenAI-compatible , or the . AI CLI is an open-source command-line tool from Vercel Labs for generating text, images, video, and audio from your terminal. It runs on AI Gateway, so any Gateway model ID works with -m.AI SDKChat Completions APIAI CLI
Use as the model name. Generated images are returned in :google/gemini-nano-banana-2.1result.files
Try Nano Banana 2.1 in , or the .imagen.shmodel playground
AI Gateway provides a unified API for calling models, tracking usage and cost, and configuring retries, failover, and performance optimizations for higher-than-provider uptime. It includes built-in , , , , and more.custom reportingZero Data Retention supportbudgets for API keysrouting rules
AI Gateway reflects provider pricing with no markup and does not charge a platform fee on inference, including on (BYOK) requests.Bring Your Own Key
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