Google today announced Nano Banana 2 Lite and preview availability of Gemini Omni Flash as its latest media generation models for developers, as well as NotebookLM users.
Nano Banana 2 Lite (officially known as Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Image) is Google’s “fastest and most cost-efficient image generation and editing model.” Entering general availability today, the company touts 4-second image generation.
Compared to the original Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image), this new model offers “fast image generation with a significant leap in visual quality and capability.” Capabilities include:
World knowledge: Quickly draft accurate contextual scenes, rough data visualizations, and location-specific mockups.
Character consistency: Maintain character identities and object fidelity across multiple swift generations to easily build out storyboarding tools or embed virtual try-ons for e-commerce.
