{"slug": "new-model-nano-banana-2-lite-google", "title": "New model: Nano Banana 2 Lite (Google)", "summary": "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.", "body_md": "GG● Healthy\n\n# Nano Banana 2 Lite\n\nGoogle · gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image\n\nReleased2026-06-30\n\nRetiresno announced date\n\ngemini-flash-litetext+image66k context4k max out$0.25 / $30 per 1M\n\nalso matches: \n\n`gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image`` google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image`\n[provider announcement →](https://models.dev/google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image)\n\nDoes your code call Nano Banana 2 Lite?\n\n$ curl -fsSL https://llmstatus.ai/install.sh | bash\n\nThen `mm status` in any repo — it finds every model you use and flags the ones on a clock. No account, nothing uploaded.\n\n[Get alerted before it retires →](https://llmstatus.ai/sign-up)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/new-model-nano-banana-2-lite-google", "canonical_source": "https://llmstatus.ai/m/google/google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image", "published_at": "2026-10-11 00:00:37+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-11 00:51:36.412911+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "generative-ai", "ai-products", "large-language-models"], "entities": ["Google", "Nano Banana 2 Lite", "gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image", "models.dev"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/new-model-nano-banana-2-lite-google", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/new-model-nano-banana-2-lite-google.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/new-model-nano-banana-2-lite-google.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/new-model-nano-banana-2-lite-google.jsonld"}}