Nano Banana 2 Lite from Google is now available on AI Gateway. This Flash-Lite-tier image model is built for fast, low-cost generation. It generates images alongside text in <4s and can edit existing images across multiple turns.

The cost is also lower than previous Nano Banana models. Nano Banana 2 Lite generates 1K images at $0.034 each, about half the cost of Nano Banana 2 and roughly a quarter of the cost of Nano Banana Pro at the same resolution.

This model is multimodal. Use streamText or generateText to generate images alongside text responses.

To use Nano Banana 2 Lite, set model to google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image in the AI SDK:

import { generateText } from 'ai';

const result = await generateText({

model: 'google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image',

providerOptions: {

google: { responseModalities: ['TEXT', 'IMAGE'] },

},

prompt: 'Vercel shipping container boat in 8-bit.',

});

Here is the example output from the above prompt:

You can also try Nano Banana 2 Lite in the model playground.

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