Start building with Nano Banana 2 Lite and Gemini Omni Flash
DeepMind Blog · 2026-06-30
Google DeepMind releases Nano Banana 2 Lite, its fastest image generation model at $0.034 per 1K images with 4-second latency, and opens Gemini Omni Flash to developers for conversational video generation and editing at $0.10 per second of output.
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Topics: image-generationvideo-generationgenerative-aigoogle-deepminddeveloper-tools
Claims
- Nano Banana 2 Lite generates text-to-image outputs in 4 seconds at $0.034 per 1K images, making it Google's fastest and most cost-efficient image model.
- Gemini Omni Flash supports conversational video editing and multimodal referencing and is priced at $0.10 per second of video output, matching Veo 3.1 Fast.
- Both models are now available in Google AI Studio, the Gemini API, and Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform as of June 30, 2026.
- Chaining Nano Banana 2 Lite with Gemini Omni Flash via the Interactions API enables end-to-end multimedia workflows from rapid image generation to animated video, supporting up to three sequential edits per session.
- Both models use SynthID watermarking, verifiable through the Gemini app, Gemini in Chrome, and Search.
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Nano Banana 2 Lite (gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image) is designed for rapid ideation and high-velocity developer pipelines where speed and cost are the primary constraints.
Use Nano Banana 2 Lite as a high-speed image generation model, then pass that image as a reference to Gemini Omni Flash to animate it into a high-quality video.
Built on Google's secure infrastructure, Gemini Omni and Nano Banana 2 Lite use SynthID watermarking. You can verify AI content through the Gemini app, Gemini in Chrome or Search.