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Vol. I No. 26 Saturday, October 17, 2026 Closing 12:53 PM UTC · next edition 10:00 AM UTC
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Banana 2.1

Since Monday, October 5 · updated 11 days ago · 4 pieces from 4 sources, in the order they came out.

2 availability · 1 api · 1 release

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  1. OpenRouterTuesday, October 6New model: Google: Nano Banana 2.1
  2. Gemini API ChangelogTuesday, October 6Gemini Nano Banana 2.1 generally available (GA)

From the start

    Monday, October 5

  1. AvailabilityVercel12:00 AM UTCNews
    Nano Banana 2.1 now available on AI Gateway

    Nano Banana 2.1 from Google is now available on AI Gateway as google/gemini-nano-banana-2.1. Compared with earlier Nano Banana models, it improves image generation and editing, including product recontextualization, mask…

  2. AvailabilityNetlify12:00 AM UTCNews
    Google’s Gemini Nano Banana 2.1 now available in AI Gateway

    Google’s Gemini Nano Banana 2.1 is now available through Netlify AI Gateway. You can call this image generation model from Netlify Functions without configuring API keys; AI Gateway provides the connection to Google for…

  3. Tuesday, October 6

  4. APIGemini API Changelog12:00 PM UTCNews
    Gemini Nano Banana 2.1 generally available (GA)

    Gemini Nano Banana 2.1 generally available (GA): Released Gemini Nano Banana 2.1 (gemini-nano-banana-2.1), the latest high-efficiency image generation and conversational editing model. An update to Nano Banana 2 (gemini-…

  5. ReleaseOpenRouter3:33 PM UTCNew Models
    New model: Google: Nano Banana 2.1

    Nano Banana 2.1 (Gemini Nano Banana 2.1) is Google's image generation and editing model on the Flash tier, succeeding Nano Banana 2 and Nano Banana Pro. It improves product recontextualization,...

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