Google’s Gemini app just scored a major win over the last few days by surpassing ChatGPT to become the most downloaded app on both the Apple App Store and Google Play. The huge milestone is one most of us in the industry saw coming, and it was a matter of if, but when.

I recently sat down with David Sharon, Multimodal Generation Lead for Gemini Apps, to talk about all things Gemini, including Nano Banana’s runaway success. One big question I had: why does Google limit users to just five free chat prompts, but give away 100 free image generations? Sharon’s answer was simple — Google is meeting users where the demand is.

And that demand couldn’t be clearer. Nano Banana has struck a chord because people want to create images, not just chat. In my recent tests, Nano Banana beat ChatGPT-5 and

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