Google · image model
Nano Banana 2 Lite
Nano Banana 2 Lite is a Google image-generation model released Jun 30, 2026; Google's newest image-generation model in our dataset is Nano Banana 2.1. Proprietary, API access only. Google's ultra-low-latency, cost-effective image generation and editing model (gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image), generally available since Jun 30, 2026. Verified against vendor sources on Oct 26, 2026.
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- ReleasedJun 30, 2026
- Context window66K65,536 tokens
- Max output4K4,096 tokens
- LicenceProprietaryProprietary (API)
Key facts
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | n/a | |
| Released | Jun 30, 2026 | source |
| Status | generally available | n/a |
| API id | gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image | source |
| Context window | 65,536 tokens (66K) | source |
| Max output | 4,096 tokens | source |
| Input | text, image, video, pdf | source |
| Output | image, text | source |
| Licence | Proprietary (API) | source |
Where Nano Banana 2 Lite sits in our data
- Released Jun 30, 2026 (week 27 of 2026), in June 2026. Other models in our data released that month: Claude Sonnet 5, GLM-5.2, Claude Fable 5, Claude Mythos 5, North Mini Code.
- The previous Google model we track is Nano Banana Pro (May 28, 2026), 33 days earlier.
- Of the 60 models in our data with a published context window, Nano Banana 2 Lite has the number 56 largest (66K tokens). Our data is not every model on the market.
- Google tools we cover: Gemini Notebook, Google ADK, Gemini CLI.
- All releases by date: AI model releases by month · new AI models this week.
How Nano Banana 2 Lite differs from Nano Banana 2.1
Read from the recorded facts of the two models, not from a head-to-head test. We have not run either.
- We have no recorded price for Nano Banana 2 Lite; Nano Banana 2.1 has one.
- Nano Banana 2 Lite lists a 66K-token context window; we have none recorded for Nano Banana 2.1.
- Output is image, text, against image.
- Nano Banana 2 Lite came out 98 days before Nano Banana 2.1.
- Facts for the other model: Nano Banana 2.1.
What we tested
Nothing yet. We have not run Nano Banana 2 Lite ourselves, so every fact on this page is Reported from the sources below. When we do test it, the scope will be stated here and in our test logs. See methodology.
Sources
More from Google
- Nano Banana 2.1 (Oct 6, 2026)
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite (Jul 21, 2026)
- Gemini 3.6 Flash (Jul 21, 2026)
- Gemini Robotics ER 2 (Jul 30, 2026)
- Nano Banana Pro (May 28, 2026)
- Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite (May 7, 2026)
- Gemini 3.5 Transcribe (Aug 26, 2026)