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Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) now available on AI Gateway

·2026.06.30 09:00

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Google's fast, low-cost image generation model Nano Banana 2 Lite has launched on Vercel AI Gateway.

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Google's Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) model is now available on AI Gateway. This model is an image model in the Flash-Lite tier, optimized for fast speed and low cost.

Key features are as follows:

  • Fast generation and editing: Generates images along with text in under 4 seconds, with image editing possible through multi-turn conversations.
  • Economical cost: Costs $0.034 per 1,000 images generated, about half the price of Nano Banana 2 and about 1/4 the price of Nano Banana Pro.
  • Multimodal support: Text responses and images can be generated simultaneously using streamText or generateText.

Users can start using it immediately in the AI SDK by setting the model name to google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image.

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