Google Gemini’s Nano Banana trend is turning everyone into collectible toys

First, it was everyone turning their selfies into dreamy Studio Ghibli characters with OpenAI’s GPT-4o. Now, social media has a brand-new obsession: the “Nano Banana” trend.

Powered by Google’s Gemini, this viral craze takes things up a notch by transforming your photos into hyper-realistic mini 3D figurines — complete with acrylic bases and collector-style packaging.

In other words, it’s like AI just opened its own toy factory, and the internet can’t get enough.

What Is the Nano Banana Trend?

The Nano Banana AI trend lets users turn…