TL;DR
- Google says “Nano Banana” began as a late-night placeholder name typed by a PM when submitting the model anonymously.
- The nickname stuck after the model went viral, prompting Google to adopt it.
- As the name caught on, Google used banana icons in the Gemini app to signpost the feature.
If you’ve been wondering why Google’s viral image editor ended up with the nickname “Nano Banana,” the mystery’s over. The team says the moniker started life as a throwaway placeholder, and then the…
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