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

Google · Nano Banana & Imagen line · image

Released June 30, 2026Replaced by Nano Banana 2.1

Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Image) was released by Google on June 30, 2026, as an image model in the Nano Banana & Imagen line.

What changed

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.

Sources: Google · Google DeepMind

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Where the Nano Banana & Imagen line stands

Nano Banana 2.1 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 & Imagen

Google · image line

Latest: Nano Banana 2.1 · Oct 6, 2026

Just released23 days since the last release · usual gap 98 days

An update to Nano Banana 2 built on Gemini 3.6 Flash that scores 60 Elo higher in Google's blind text-to-image tests at about half the price per image.

What changed in Nano Banana 2.1 →
Days since last release
23
days
Usual gap
98
days
Recent gaps
Nano Banana 2.1 · Oct 2026
98
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

Every Nano Banana & Imagen release

Newest first. See the full line with every card →

  1. Oct 6, 2026Nano Banana 2.1
  2. Jun 30, 2026Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Image) · this page
  3. Feb 26, 2026Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)
  4. Nov 20, 2025Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)
  5. Aug 26, 2025Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)
  6. May 20, 2025Imagen 4
  7. Mar 12, 2025Gemini 2.0 Flash Image Generation (experimental)
  8. Aug 15, 2024Imagen 3
  9. Feb 1, 2024Imagen 2