# Nano Banana 2 Lite spotted on Arena

Nano Banana 2 Lite is a model from Google, released on 30 Jun 2026. First seen 8 Sep 2026. Catalogues list a 65,536 tokens context window. 8 evidence links.

- Kind: Sighting
- Developer: Google
- Confidence: Confirmed
- First seen: 2026-09-08T19:27:32.123Z
- Model: [Nano Banana 2 Lite](https://alexgetman.com/models/google/gemini-3-1-flash-lite-image/)
- Canonical: https://alexgetman.com/signals/2026/09/08/gemini-3-1-flash-lite-image-nano-banana-2-lite/
- Input · USD / 1M tokens: $0.25 (text/image/video)
- Output · USD / 1M tokens: $30.00 (images); $1.50 (text and thinking)

## Evidence links

- [Arena · leaderboards](https://arena.ai/leaderboard)
- [DesignArena · image](https://www.designarena.ai/leaderboard?category=image)
- [models.dev · catalogue](https://models.dev/#gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image)
- [OpenCode · discovery](https://opencode.ai/data/google/gemini-3-1-flash-lite-image)
- [Gemini · deprecations](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations?hl=en)
- [Arena](https://arena.ai)
- [Gemini · pricing](https://aistudio.google.com/docs/pricing)
- [Arena · leaderboards](https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-omni-flash-nano-banana-2-lite/)