Overview
- The company announced Tuesday that personalized image generation powered by Nano Banana and Gemini’s Personal Intelligence is now free for eligible U.S. users after they opt in to let Gemini access Gmail, Google Photos, YouTube and Search.
- Google simultaneously released Nano Banana 2 Lite for rapid, low‑cost image generation and put Gemini Omni Flash into public preview for short video creation and conversational editing on developer and consumer surfaces.
- Nano Banana 2 Lite targets high‑throughput prototyping with roughly 4‑second text‑to‑image latency and an advertised cost around $0.034 per 1,000 images, while Omni Flash currently generates short videos (about 10 seconds) at roughly $0.10 per second.
- Both models include SynthID watermarking and verification in Gemini, Chrome and Search, and Google says it does not train models on users’ private Photos libraries while showing a “Sources” button that lists personal data used for a result.
- The rollout has limits and eligibility rules: free users face lower quotas and resolution caps, paid tiers keep higher‑resolution and larger quotas, Europe remains excluded for now, and age and account requirements vary by reporting source.