Release Summary
Text-to-image and image-editing model for photorealistic, design-ready output with fine-grained edit control, reliable text rendering, and branding or product workflows. Includes an ultra-efficient Flash variant; Microsoft reports Arena scores surpassing Nano Banana Pro. Available via MAI Playground and Microsoft Foundry.
Timeline
June 2, 2026
MAI-Image-2.5 announced
Microsoft AI launches MAI-Image-2.5 with Flash efficiency tier as part of its multimodal MAI model family.