Nano Banana 2 Lite
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30th June 2026 - Link Blog
Nano Banana 2 Lite (via) Also known as Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image (gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image in their API), this is the "fastest and cheapest Gemini image model, engineered for velocity and scale".
I used AI studio to run this prompt:
Do a where's Waldo style image but it's where is the raccoon holding a ham radio
I like that one better than the results I got from the other Nano Banana models when I tried this back in April. It spelled Forest Festival wrong in two different ways though.
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