gemini-api-212b82e4·3 events·first seen Aliases: Gemini API
Google released Nano Banana 2 Lite (formally Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image), its fastest and lowest-cost image generation model, alongside API availability of Gemini Omni Flash, a multimodal video model producing 720p clips with synchronized audio. The two models are designed to work together in a pipeline: generate images cheaply with Nano Banana 2 Lite, then animate the best result via Gemini Omni Flash. Gemini Omni Flash leads Arena.ai's video generation Elo board at 1,527, while Nano Banana 2 Lite ranks fifth on the image board; pricing is $0.034 per image and $0.10 per second of video respectively.
Google DeepMind has made Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite generally available via the Gemini API, Google AI Studio, and Vertex AI for enterprise production use. This marks the transition of the Flash-Lite variant from preview to full GA status. The release expands developer and enterprise access to cost-efficient Gemini 2.0 inference capabilities.
Google DeepMind has released native image output capability in Gemini 2.0 Flash, making it available to developers via Google AI Studio and the Gemini API. This enables the model to generate images natively rather than through a separate image generation pipeline. The release is framed as an experimental feature for developer exploration.