Google Unleashes Nano Banana 2 Lite: Faster, Cheaper AI Imaging

Google DeepMind released the Nano Banana 2 Lite model, part of the Gemini 3.1 family, for AI image generation. It generates images in about 4 seconds in low-thinking mode, compared to 20 seconds for the standard Nano Banana. API costs average $0.034 per 1,000 images, and outputs include SynthID watermarks.