Google kept its big week going on Thursday with the release of Nano Banana Pro. This new image editing and generation tool runs on Gemini 3 Pro, the model the company just announced on Tuesday. Investors like the news, as Alphabet’s stock jumped 4% following the launch.
Josh Woodward, a vice president at Google Labs, says this version does much more than the original one from August. While the first version went viral for turning pet photos into 3D figurines, the Pro version focuses on harder tasks. Woodward explained that the tool serves as an excellent infographic maker. It can handle up to 14 images or five different characters while keeping them consistent across frames.
Testers inside Google are already using it in creative ways. Some have uploaded code snippets or LinkedIn resumes, and the AI turns them into clear, professional infographics. Woodward calls this ability to visualize text-heavy documents one of the “magic” things people are discovering.
Right now, you can find Nano Banana Pro in the Gemini app. It has limited quotas for free users. Google also put it into its writing assistant, NotebookLM, and its business tools. If you pay for Google AI Pro or Ultra, you can use the tool in Search’s AI Mode. Ultra subscribers will also get watermark-free images and early access to the tool inside Flow, Google’s upcoming AI filmmaking software.
This launch is Google’s latest move to catch up with OpenAI. Just last week, OpenAI updated its GPT-5 model to sound more human and conversational. The competition remains tight. ChatGPT currently sits at the top of the App Store free charts, with Gemini in second place. Google reports 650 million monthly users for the Gemini app, while OpenAI claims 800 million weekly users.
Google plans to keep expanding its lineup. Woodward noted that demand is high and that the team is working to scale up to meet it. Next on the horizon are Flow and a “world-building” model called Genie, which is currently in a research preview phase.
