Google released Nano Banana 2 Lite
The new model generates an image in about 4 seconds and costs $0.034 per 1K image.
In Gemini, it is available by selecting 3.1 Flash Lite.
The main use case is fast drafts: run several prompts, pick the best result, then send it for refinement in Nano Banana 2 or GPT Image.
In terms of quality, Lite nearly matches the full version: 1251 Elo vs 1270 for Nano Banana 2 on lmarena.
