SITUATION EXPLAINED: Nano Banana 2.1 is out, and it's Google's best image model yet. • Built on Gemini 3.6 Flash, with better mask-based editing and subject consistency • Ranks 4th in multi-image edit, 5th in text-to-image and 6th in image edit on @arena • Up 80 points on Nano Banana 2 in text-to-image, 67 in multi-image edit and 38 in image edit @theojaffee: "It doesn't have the taste that Midjourney does, but it's a solid image model."