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Gemini 2.5 Flash Image

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1092 points meetpateltech | 1 comments | 26 Aug 25 14:01 UTC | HN request time: 0.4s | source
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matsemann ◴[26 Aug 25 15:45 UTC] No.45028149[source]▶
Half the time I ask Gemini to generate some image it claims it doesn't have the capability. And in general I've felt it's so hard to actually use the features Google announce? Like, a third of them is in one product, some in another which I can't use, and no idea what or where I should pay to get access. So confusing.
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jeffbee ◴[26 Aug 25 18:07 UTC] No.45030155[source]▶
It's not in the Gemini app or site at all. You have to use AI Studio or another means. Yes, this is all very confusing on Google's part.
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IanCal ◴[27 Aug 25 07:02 UTC] No.45036330[source]▶
Hmm could the old models generate images before? Had they hooked up imagen or something? I can make images on the Gemini site.
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bonoboTP ◴[27 Aug 25 11:00 UTC] No.45037938[source]▶
Yes, there was gemini-2.0-flash-preview-image-generation before, which could generate and edit also. But weaker than the new one.
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IanCal ◴[27 Aug 25 12:08 UTC] No.45038539[source]▶
Thanks, I'd not realised that, which means I have no idea if the things I've done outside of the API are this new one or not. That does feel classic google.
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1. bonoboTP ◴[27 Aug 25 14:54 UTC] No.45040554[source]▶
Yes, there's a conflict between wanting to just provide the good stuff by default under a unified Gemini brand where you don't have to worry about model names, it just works, versus building hype for a specific model and then being unclear about whether you're using that one or not. The nano-banana name is unique and fun, and got some recognition on social media already, they should just make a page with that heading and a chatbox. But again, that would focus on the new image editor thing only, and they probably want to lure people into their whole ecosystem, to switch to Gemini in general, from competitors like ChatGPT.