# Nano Banana 2.1

> Nano Banana 2.1 is a language model from Google DeepMind, released on 6 Oct 2026. It accepts images and text and generates images and text, with a 66K-token context window and up to 59K output tokens per response.

Source page: https://www.aimodel.directory/models/gemini-nano-banana-2-1
Last verified: 7 Oct 2026

## Specifications

- **Developer:** Google DeepMind
- **Release date:** 6 Oct 2026 (source: OpenRouter, https://openrouter.ai/google/gemini-nano-banana-2.1)
- **Status:** Generally available
- **Context window:** 66K (65,536 tokens) (source: OpenRouter, https://openrouter.ai/google/gemini-nano-banana-2.1)
- **Max output:** 59K tokens (source: OpenRouter, https://openrouter.ai/google/gemini-nano-banana-2.1)
- **Input:** Images and text (source: OpenRouter, https://openrouter.ai/google/gemini-nano-banana-2.1)
- **Output:** Images and text (source: OpenRouter, https://openrouter.ai/google/gemini-nano-banana-2.1)
- **Reasoning mode:** Yes (source: OpenRouter, https://openrouter.ai/google/gemini-nano-banana-2.1)
- **Tool calling:** Yes (source: OpenRouter, https://openrouter.ai/google/gemini-nano-banana-2.1)
- **Structured output:** Yes (source: OpenRouter, https://openrouter.ai/google/gemini-nano-banana-2.1)

## API pricing (USD per 1M tokens)

| Provider | Input | Output | Cached input | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|

## FAQ

### What is the context window of Nano Banana 2.1?

Nano Banana 2.1 has a context window of 65,536 tokens (66K) and can generate up to 58,982 tokens in a single response, according to OpenRouter.

### When was Nano Banana 2.1 released?

Google DeepMind released Nano Banana 2.1 on 6 Oct 2026, according to OpenRouter.

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