One of the most essential things I do when testing new AI image and video generators is to try to find out whether the claims a company makes are true or marketing fluff. Google promised that nano banana pro would bring Gemini 3’s world understanding and the informational power of Google Search to your AI images. I jumped into the new model as soon as it was released, and frankly, I think Google undersold its capabilities.
The original nano banana model was extremely popular, though like any AI service, there were glaring areas for improvement. There’s one area where I’m already super impressed with the new pro version: It really can handle complex text rendering in images. Nano banana pro can make complex infographics and add captions to images without as many of the usual hallucinations. That’s a game changer,but maybe not in the way we would hope. Throughout my initial testing with pro, that was a constant feeling. The pro model is excellent, if in an extremely unnerving way.
Here’s what my initial testing showed, complete with many nano banana pro images. If you want to try it out for yourself, here’s the cheapest way to access it, along with Google’s new AI image detector.
ultrarealistic people and characters
The TV show Riverdale gave us no shortage of ridiculous, meme-able dialogue, but nothing is funnier to me than Archie’s line about the “epic highs and lows of high school football.” As someone whose high school football team was three-time state champs, I could see where Archie was coming from. Nano banana pro was able to recreate the moment.
ChatGPT really struggled with typos and made up fake stages of the water cycle. Nano banana pro excelled.
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