This Nano Banana 2 leak suggests AI images are about to get way better

Last week, Google released a podcast episode in which it finally explained how its popular image generator, Nano Banana, got its quirky name. While the playful name helped with its rise to fame, it was the tool’s impressive results that made it go viral. Google is reportedly working on a second generation of the AI model, and a leak claims it could offer some significant improvements.

Users on the site formerly known as Twitter have been claiming that a third-party AI media website “accidentally” provided a preview of what they believe is Nano Banana 2, codename Gempix. These users have shared examples of images produced by the image generator. The examples show improvements in rendering quality, with more detail and fewer instances of AI artifacts.

According to a report from WinFuture, Nano Banana 2 is based on Gemini 2.5 Flash Image. It will reportedly have a couple of standout improvements over the first version of the model. One of those improvements is said to be support for resolutions ranging from 1K to 4K, with native support for 2K rendering and 4K upscaling.

However, a bigger improvement may be the new multi-stage generation process. It’s said that the image generator plans, verifies, and refines results to get rid of inaccuracies and other issues before outputting a final image. This would make it different from most other AI image generators that output an image in one go. The report mentions that this leads to cleaner lines, sharper angles, and fewer errors.

This leak comes across as a bit sketchy, so we recommend taking it with a hefty dose of salt.