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Imagen 4 shut down on 17 August 2026. generate_images() is gone, the response shape changes and number_of_images no longer exists. What to move to now, the code changes and the per-image cost.
Manu Shukla 
Nano Banana Pro and Nano Banana 2 compared for production: cost per image, 4K quality, text rendering, latency and video input, now that Google has deprecated Nano Banana 2 in favour of 2.1.
Manu Shukla 
Google released Nano Banana 2 Lite on June 30, 2026: images in about 4 seconds at roughly $0.034 each, five times faster than Nano Banana 2. What near-free, watermarked visuals change for marketing teams.
Manu Shukla 