Nano Banana 2 Lite

<p><strong><a href="https://deepmind.google/models/gemini-image/flash-lite/">Nano Banana 2 Lite</a></strong></p> Also known as Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image (<code>gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image</code> <a href="https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/image-generation">in their API</a>), this is the "fastest and cheapest Gemini image model, engineered for velocity and scale".</p> <p>I <a href="https://aistudio.google.com/app/prompts/new_chat?model=gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image">used AI studio</a> to run this prompt:</p> <blockquote> <p><code>Do a where's Waldo style image but it's where is the raccoon holding a ham radio</code></p> </blockquote> <p><img alt="Densely illustrated &quot;Where's Waldo&quot;-style cartoon of a woodland festival filled with anthropomorphic animals (bears, foxes, badgers, rabbits, squirrels, owls) under a banner reading &quot;FOREE'S FESTIVAL&quot; and another reading &quot;FOREST FIVAL,&quot; with bunting flags strung between trees, a Ferris wheel on the right, market stalls including one labeled &quot;ACORN FAIR,&quot; signs reading &quot;BANDSTAND,&quot; &quot;HAM RADIO MEET&quot; (appearing twice), and a stage where a bear plays guitar, a raccoon uses a ham radio, a badger plays drums, an owl looks on, and a fox plays trumpet, with crowds of animals wandering forest paths between trees and mountains in the background." src="https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/nano-banana-2-lite-raccoon.jpg" /></p> <p>I like that one better than <a href="https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/21/gpt-image-2/#nano-banana-2-and-pro">the results I got from the other Nano Banana models</a> when I tried this back in April. It spelled Forest Festival wrong in two different ways though. <p><small></small>Via <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48735444">Hacker News</a></small></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/google">google</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ai">ai</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/gener