Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image (Nano Banana 2 Lite) is generally available

GAJun 30, 2026VerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image is a multimodal model optimized for ultra-low latency, cost-effective image generation and editing, now GA in the Gemini API.

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