{"slug": "nano-banana-2-deprecated-retires-2026-10-29-nano-banana-2-1", "title": "Nano Banana 2 deprecated, retires 2026-10-29 → Nano Banana 2.1", "summary": "Google has marked Nano Banana 2 (gemini-3.1-flash-image) for retirement, with an earliest possible shutdown date of 2026-10-29 that the provider notes is estimated and may move. The model, which handles text, image, video and PDF input with a 131k context window and 33k max output at $0.50/$60 per 1M tokens, is being succeeded by Nano Banana 2.1. The listing directs developers to check whether their code calls Nano Banana 2 and to track the deprecation before the shutdown date.", "body_md": "GG▲ Retiring soon\n\n# Nano Banana 2\n\nGoogle · gemini-3.1-flash-image\n\nGoogle: earliest possible shutdown 2026-10-29 (estimated, may move). \n\n[Provider statement →](https://models.dev/google-vertex/gemini-3.1-flash-image)\ngemini-flashtext+image+video+pdf131k context33k max out$0.50 / $60 per 1M\n\nalso matches: \n\n`gemini-3.1-flash-image`` google/gemini-3.1-flash-image`\n[provider announcement →](https://models.dev/google-vertex/gemini-3.1-flash-image)\n\nDoes your code call Nano Banana 2?\n\n$ curl -fsSL https://llmstatus.ai/install.sh | bash\n\nThen `mm status` in any repo — it finds every model you use and flags the ones on a clock. No account, nothing uploaded.\n\n[Get alerted before it retires →](https://llmstatus.ai/sign-up)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/nano-banana-2-deprecated-retires-2026-10-29-nano-banana-2-1", "canonical_source": "https://llmstatus.ai/m/google/google/gemini-3.1-flash-image", "published_at": "2026-10-22 06:00:35+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-22 06:42:26.184292+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "generative-ai", "ai-products", "developer-tools"], "entities": ["Google", "Nano Banana 2", "Nano Banana 2.1", "gemini-3.1-flash-image", "Google Vertex", "models.dev", "llmstatus.ai"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/nano-banana-2-deprecated-retires-2026-10-29-nano-banana-2-1", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/nano-banana-2-deprecated-retires-2026-10-29-nano-banana-2-1.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/nano-banana-2-deprecated-retires-2026-10-29-nano-banana-2-1.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/nano-banana-2-deprecated-retires-2026-10-29-nano-banana-2-1.jsonld"}}