Google introduces a faster, cheaper image generator with Nano Banana 2 Lite

Google connected Tuesday released Nano Banana 2 Lite, the newest mentation of its in-house AI video and representation generator. This mentation is importantly faster and much affordable than its erstwhile release, the institution claims.

The exemplary has overmuch little latency and tin nutrient images successful 4 seconds, which makes it a bully enactment if you request to store images and nutrient a ample fig of them successful speedy succession, Google says. It costs $0.034 per 1,000 images, which makes it rather affordable for radical looking to draught and cleanable their contented astatine scale.

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The merchandise follows past summer’s motorboat of the archetypal Nano Banana, powered by Gemini 3.1 Flash, and the February release Nano Banana 2. The second introduced caller powers for the generator, including the quality to make much realistic images. The institution besides offers Nano Banana Pro, which is described arsenic a much almighty (and much expensive) exemplary for precocious usage cases.

While Nano Banana 2 is referred to arsenic a “generalist workhorse,” Banana 2 Lite is optimized for high-volume workflows that request to hap astatine a accelerated pace, Google claims.

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Despite user backlash implicit so-called AI slop created by representation models, companies proceed to invest heavily successful AI tools that tin make imagery and videos. However, Google often markets its models arsenic convenient tools that tin assistance with the instauration of advertisements.

That said, the ties betwixt Hollywood and AI companies proceed to tighten — overmuch to the consternation of immoderate originative communities and audiences. Indeed, Google just struck a $75 cardinal deal with the much-beloved indie workplace A24 — a concern that has suffered significant criticism from fans.

Nano Banana 2 Lite is present disposable done Google AI Studio and the Gemini API, arsenic good arsenic Google’s Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform. Google says it serves arsenic a replacement for Nano Banana, which the institution present refers to arsenic its “legacy model.”

Also connected Tuesday, Google announced a wider merchandise of Gemini Omni Flash, which was initially introduced astatine Google I/O earlier this year. Flash costs $0.10 per 2nd of video output. Plus, Google showed disconnected a caller demo app, Omni Product Studio, which it says tin instrumentality static images generated by Omni and alteration them into “cinematic e-commerce videos.”

“Building with generative media is often astir originative iteration,” the institution said in a blog. “With these 2 models, developers tin physique comprehensive, end-to-end multimedia experiences that link accelerated representation procreation with video instauration and editing.”