Exciting news for developers and creatives alike! We’re thrilled to announce two major updates designed to supercharge your generative media projects: Nano Banana 2 Lite and Gemini Omni Flash. These powerful new models promise to make experimenting, refining, and scaling your creative visions faster and more efficient than ever before.
In the world of generative AI, rapid iteration is key. Whether you’re a developer building complex multimedia experiences or a designer bringing ideas to life, these models offer the tools to connect lightning-fast image generation with high-quality video creation and editing. Get ready to build faster, iterate seamlessly, and truly unlock your creative potential!
Introducing Nano Banana 2 Lite: Speed and Efficiency Unleashed
Say hello to Nano Banana 2 Lite (gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image), our newest and most cost-effective Gemini Image model. Engineered for rapid ideation and high-velocity development pipelines, this model prioritizes speed and affordability without compromising on quality. It’s the ideal choice for workflows demanding thousands of image generations.
If you’re currently using the first version of Nano Banana (gemini-2.5-flash-image), we highly recommend upgrading. Nano Banana 2 Lite offers immediate performance benefits across key metrics, making it a superior replacement. Despite its focus on speed, it maintains excellent prompt adherence, strong character consistency, and boasts legible in-image text rendering.
Beyond developer platforms, Nano Banana 2 Lite is also being integrated into popular Google consumer services. Look out for its capabilities coming to AI Mode in Search, the Gemini app, NotebookLM, Google Photos, Stitch, Google Flow, and Google Ads, making advanced image generation more accessible to everyone.
Meet Gemini Omni Flash: Conversational Video Editing
Fresh from its introduction at Google I/O, Gemini Omni Flash (gemini-omni-flash-preview) is now rolling out to developers via the Gemini API and Google AI Studio. This groundbreaking model brings Gemini’s renowned multimodal reasoning to video generation and editing, natively supporting high-quality video output from a mix of text, image, and video inputs.
Imagine conversing with an AI to refine and edit your video sequences – that’s the magic of Omni Flash. Priced competitively at just $0.10 per second of video output (matching Veo 3.1 Fast), it offers an accessible solution for advanced video creation. For detailed performance benchmarks, be sure to visit Google DeepMind’s Gemini Omni webpage.
The Power of Chaining Models Together
The true innovation unfolds when you combine these models. Picture this workflow: use Nano Banana 2 Lite to rapidly generate a stunning image, then seamlessly pass that image as a reference to Gemini Omni Flash to animate it into a high-quality video. This creates a fluid, end-to-end multimedia experience.
Furthermore, by leveraging the Interactions API for these multi-turn experiences, you can maintain session history and context. This allows users to stack up to three sequential edits, providing unparalleled flexibility and control over their creative process. To help you get started, we’ve developed several demo applications you can remix and explore:
- Anywhere: Upload a selfie or photo, and Nano Banana 2 Lite instantly transports you to iconic landmarks. Click on a generated image, and Omni Flash animates it into a short clip of your new location.
- Space Lift: Reimagine any room by uploading a photo. Nano Banana 2 Lite generates diverse design concepts, and with a tap, Omni Flash brings your favorite design to life with a cinematic video showcase.
- Omni Product Studio: Convert static product images, often created by Nano Banana 2 Lite, into dynamic, cinematic e-commerce videos using Gemini Omni. This demo highlights interactive media creation by merging multimodal inputs for quick image-to-video outputs.
Both Gemini Omni and Nano Banana 2 Lite are built on Google’s secure infrastructure and feature SynthID watermarking. This innovative technology helps verify AI-generated content, and you can check content authenticity through the Gemini app, Gemini in Chrome, or Search. We’re committed to expanding our verification tools, empowering you to understand how content is created and edited across the web.
Source: Google Blog (The Keyword)
