Could be in this Summer 2026.

I guess it will released very soon.

Imminent usually means months in tech talk. I once missed a deadline waiting for a revision, so be careful and just grab the Nano Banana 2 Plus 1GB RAM now.

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> Does that mean next week or like next year? I'm in the UK and shipping usually takes forever so I'm getting a bit anxious about the timeline. Look, Ive been messing with these boards for a decade and imminent usually means nothing until the chips actually hit the factory floor. If you wait for the Nano Banana 3, you'll likely miss that August birthday. Shipping from China right now is a total coin toss anyway. For a kid playing Mario, you really dont need the absolute latest specs. In my experience, it's better to have a working gift than a promise of one. If the Nano is out of stock, check out the Orange Pi Zero 3 1.5GB RAM instead. It fits your budget and handles retro emulation like a champ. Quick tip tho: dont skimp on the power. Grab a Raspberry Pi 12.5W Micro USB Power Supply. Most beginners use an old phone charger and then wonder why the games lag or crash. A solid power source fixes 90% of the issues.

Just saw this thread and honestly, the waiting game is getting old. I have been messing with these boards for years and the supply chain delays are just exhausting. Every time I get my current setup dialed in, the hardware seems to go legacy right when I need more power for my projects.

• My last attempt to build a custom cluster ended in total frustration because half the components never arrived on time.
• It feels like I am constantly hunting for parts that are perpetually out of stock or delayed by months.
• Testing the limits of these boards used to be fun but now it is just a headache trying to find stability in a market that cant keep up with demand. I am pretty satisfied with how my rig performs when it actually runs, but the constant uncertainty regarding new releases makes it impossible to plan anything long term. Dealing with these phantom release dates is just killing my motivation for new DIY builds lately.