Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) now on AI Gateway
Google's Nano Banana 2 Lite image model is now available on Vercel's AI Gateway, offering fast image generation in under 4 seconds at approximately half the cost of previous Nano Banana models. The multimodal model supports text-to-image generation and image editing across multiple turns.
Nano Banana 2 Lite from Google is now available on . 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.AI Gateway
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 or to generate images alongside text responses.streamTextgenerateText
To use Nano Banana 2 Lite, set to in the :modelgoogle/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-imageAI SDK
Here is the example output from the above prompt:
You can also try Nano Banana 2 Lite in the .model playground
AI Gateway provides a unified API for calling models, tracking usage and cost, and configuring retries, failover, and performance optimizations for higher-than-provider uptime. It includes built-in , , , and more.custom reportingZero Data Retention supportbudgets for API keys
AI Gateway reflects provider pricing with no markup and does not charge a platform fee on inference, including on (BYOK) requests.Bring Your Own Key
Source: original entry ↗
More from Vercel
Follow Vercel to get its new changes in your feed and email digest.
OpenAI Decisions API now available on AI Gateway
OpenAI's Decisions API is now accessible through Vercel's AI Gateway with an OpenAI-compatible endpoint, enabling decision models to answer typed questions and return probabilities, choices, and scores for routing, triage, and guardrails use cases. Support is available across the OpenAI SDK, AI SDK, HTTP API, and CLI with the latest versions.
Timestamp attributes now supported in Vercel Flags
Vercel Flags now supports timestamp attributes for entities, allowing you to create time-based targeting rules. Use this feature to run limited-time campaigns, show content between specific dates, or target users based on registration date.
Glyph Cluster now available in stealth on AI Gateway
Glyph Cluster, a reasoning model for coding and long-context analysis, is now available as a stealth model on Vercel's AI Gateway for Pro and Enterprise plan teams with purchased AI Gateway credits at no cost during the stealth period. The model supports function calling, streams responses, and can be accessed via AI SDK, OpenAI-compatible APIs, and coding agents.