Google Launches Two New AI Models Covering Image and Video Generation
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Google on Tuesday released Nano Banana 2 Lite for image generation and Gemini Omni Flash for video, opening both to developers at $0.034 per thousand images — a pricing play aimed at embedding its multimedia AI toolkit into everyday developer workflows.
What does the image model bring?
Nano Banana 2 Lite is positioned as Google's most cost-efficient image-generation model — text-to-image in roughly 4 seconds at $0.034 per thousand images.
Google describes it as suited to "interactive prototyping and rapid visual drafts." In plain terms = it is not for final production art — it lets you see a rough visual concept in seconds and iterate fast.
The model is live on the developer platform and also reaches consumers via Search AI Mode, the Gemini app, NotebookLM, Google Photos, Stitch, Google Flow, and Google Ads.
How is the video model positioned?
Gemini Omni Flash, previewed at Google I/O, is now formally open to developers through the Gemini API and Google AI Studio.
It is optimized for high-quality video generation and multi-turn conversational video editing. This means → users can review output and refine it with natural-language prompts, rather than regenerating from scratch each time.
Pricing sits at $0.10 per second of video output, matching Veo 3.1 Fast.
What is Google's broader play?
Releasing both models together covers image and video in a single launch. Google says developers can now build "end-to-end multimedia experiences from rapid image generation to video creation and editing."
This means → Google is not shipping isolated tools — it wants developers to complete an entire multimedia workflow on one platform, raising switching costs.
Whether these two models achieve scaled adoption in the developer ecosystem will be a key test of Google's multimedia-AI commercialization path.
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