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Imagen 2

Google · Imagen & Nano Banana line · image

Released February 1, 2024Replaced by Imagen 3

Imagen 2 was released by Google on February 1, 2024, as an image model in the Imagen & Nano Banana line.

  • Release 1 of 8 in the Imagen & Nano Banana line.
  • The first release in this line.
  • Replaced by Imagen 3 on August 15, 2024, 196 days later.
  • These days the line ships a new model about every 98 days.

No detailed card for this model: we only add numbers published by the maker or by independent benchmarks. Sources: Google · Google

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Where the Imagen & Nano Banana line stands

Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Image) is the current model in this line. The card shows how long it has been since the last release against the line's usual gap and its recent ones — the rhythm, not a date.

Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Image)

Google · Imagen & Nano Banana line · image
Due98 days since the last release — usual gap is 98

Google's fastest and cheapest image model: text-to-image in about 4 seconds at $0.034 per 1K image, half the price of Nano Banana 2, built for high-volume generation.

Released Jun 30, 2026 · what changed →
Days since last release
Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Image) · Jun 30, 2026
98
days
Usual gap
98
days
Recent gaps
Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Image) · Jun 2026
124
Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image) · Feb 2026
98
Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) · Nov 2025
86
Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) · Aug 2025
98

Every Imagen & Nano Banana release

Newest first. See the full line with every card →

  1. Jun 30, 2026Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Image)
  2. Feb 26, 2026Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)
  3. Nov 20, 2025Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)
  4. Aug 26, 2025Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)
  5. May 20, 2025Imagen 4
  6. Mar 12, 2025Gemini 2.0 Flash Image Generation (experimental)
  7. Aug 15, 2024Imagen 3
  8. Feb 1, 2024Imagen 2 · this page