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Gemini 3.1 Flash Image

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Overview

Google DeepMind's Nano Banana 2 (API gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview), third in the Nano Banana family after the original (Gemini 2.5 Flash, Aug 2025) and Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro, Nov 2025). Brings Pro-tier image quality to the Flash architecture at roughly half the per-image API price (~$0.067 vs $0.134 for a 2K image).

Capabilities and innovations

Text-to-ImagePro-quality at Flash speedStrong text renderingLower per-image costPro Quality at Flash SpeedHalf-Price 2K Images

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