Google Nano Banana draws praise, but workflow issues show up
Google’s is being praised as a highly creative . People are using it for playful visual tests, including turning a famous yellow plush fairy-tale creature into a pencil-lead image and asking the model to place the full prompt inside the image. The reactions also show practical problems across the tools that expose the model.
Some users are comparing how strict different versions are about blocked or sensitive image requests. In Cursor, appears stuck at 1536×1024, even when 9:16 or portrait images are requested. In Flow, can become the default, and that has led to badly distorted human faces.
If is free and remains available after the daily Pro limit, there is little obvious reason to choose when quality matters.
Key points
- is getting strong praise for creative .
- Users are testing it with prompt-in-image and character-like visual experiments.
- Cursor may force generated images into 1536×1024 even when another is requested.
- Flow can default to , which may produce poor human faces.
- and appear more attractive than for quality-focused work.
Sources covering this story (8)
- r/GeminiAIGoogle Nano Banana draws praise, but workflow issues show up ↗
- r/BardHas anyone else noticed a huge downgrade in both Nano banana 2 and pro on Google Flow? ↗
- r/GeminiAINano Banana - "The most famous yellow, plush creature" (2026) ↗
- r/BardHow does censorship compare between different Nano banana models? ↗
- r/cursorAnyone know how to get cursor to generate other images sizes? ↗
- r/BardWhat reason is there to use Nano banana 2 lite in flow? ↗
- r/BardNano Banana Lite - Melted Cheese Faces ↗
- r/BardFor a product ad, generate a full coverage set first, then hand every angle to the video model ↗