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Breaking Wednesday, July 1, 2026 at 01:18 AM

Google launches Nano Banana 2 Lite ($0.034/1K images, 4s latency) and Gemini Omni Flash video API

Google DeepMind has released two generative media models targeting developer pipelines: Nano Banana 2 Lite (model ID: gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image), a speed-optimized image model delivering text-to-image in 4 seconds at $0.034 per 1,000 images, and Gemini Omni Flash (gemini-omni-flash-preview), a multimodal video generation and conversational editing model now open to developers via the Gemini API and Google AI Studio. Both are also live on Google consumer surfaces including Search AI Mode, the Gemini app, Google Flow, and NotebookLM.

Nano Banana 2 Lite is positioned as the direct drop-in replacement for the legacy Nano Banana (gemini-2.5-flash-image), with Google claiming better quality, lower latency, and lower cost. It preserves prompt adherence, character consistency, and legible in-image text despite the speed focus. Gemini Omni Flash is priced at $0.10 per second of video output — matching Veo 3.1 Fast — and supports conversational editing, multimodal referencing (text + image + video inputs), and text-action synchronization. Current limitations include a 10-second video cap, no audio reference uploads, and restricted video input processing beyond 3 seconds.

Source: blog.google →