New lightweight image generation model optimized for speed and cost, generating 1K images in approximately 4 seconds while maintaining character consistency and editing capabilities of the Nano Banana family.
Google released Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image (Nano Banana 2 Lite), positioned as their fastest and cheapest image generation model optimized for velocity and scale.
Google has released Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image, also called Nano Banana 2 Lite, which the company describes as its fastest and cheapest image generation model. The model is available through Google's AI Studio and Gemini API with the identifier gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image.
Google has released Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image, a text-to-image model that generates 1K resolution images in approximately 4 seconds — 2.7× faster than Gemini 3.1 Flash Image. The model is priced at $0.25 per 1M input tokens and $1.50 per 1M output tokens, with a 66K context window and knowledge cutoff of January 2025.