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New model: Nano Banana 2 Lite (Google)

Google released Nano Banana 2 Lite, a text-and-image model listed as gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image, on 2026-06-30 with no announced retirement date. The model offers a 66k context window, 4k maximum output, and pricing of $0.25 per 1M input tokens and $30 per 1M output tokens. The release is tracked by the model directory models.dev, which links to Google's provider announcement.

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New model: Nano Banana 2 Lite (Google)
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Google · gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image

Released2026-06-30

Retiresno announced date

gemini-flash-litetext+image66k context4k max out$0.25 / $30 per 1M

also matches:

`gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image`` google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image`
[provider announcement →](https://models.dev/google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image)

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