Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview)

Released
2026-03-03
Last refreshed
2026-10-17
Status
Researched 28d ago
DeprecatedProprietaryCommercial use: restricted

Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) is a legacy integration reference; evaluate Nano Banana 2.1 before starting new work.

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Specifications
Released
2026-03-03
Lifecycle
Retired June 25, 2026
Context
66K
Architecture
Decoder Only
Knowledge cutoff
2025-01
Specialization
general
Openness
Proprietary
License
ProprietaryRestricted
Weights
Not released
Code
Unknown
Created by

Pioneering artificial intelligence research.

London, United Kingdom
Founded 2014
Website
Pricing

No tracked provider pricing is available yet.

This model is deprecated. Google DeepMind recommends switching to Nano Banana 2.1.

About

Preview release of Nano Banana 2 for Gemini 3.1 Flash Image. Google released the GA gemini-3.1-flash-image model on 2026-05-28 and will retire this preview API ID on 2026-06-25.

Providers

No active provider routes are tracked for this model.

Deprecated provider routes(4)

ProviderStatusCatalog ID
Google AI Studio
DeprecatedRetired June 25, 2026
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GCP Vertex AI
DeprecatedRetired June 25, 2026
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OpenRouter
DeprecatedRetired June 25, 2026
google/gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview
Vercel AI Gateway
DeprecatedRetired June 25, 2026
google/gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview

Available via routers & gateways(13)

LiteLLM

Gateway

Open-source Python SDK and proxy server that unifies 100+ LLM APIs behind a single OpenAI-compatible interface, with load balancing, cost tracking, and configurable failover.

Free OSSGoogle AI StudioGCP Vertex AI

OpenRouter

Hybrid

Unified hybrid gateway to 500+ models from 80+ providers via a single OpenAI-compatible API, with an optional Auto Router that selects a model per prompt from market spend data.

Passthrough + feeGoogle AI StudioGCP Vertex AI

Portkey

Gateway

Production AI gateway routing to 1,600+ LLMs with failover, load balancing, caching, and guardrails; MIT-licensed open-source core is self-hostable. Now part of Palo Alto Networks as Prisma AIRS AI Gateway.

SubscriptionGoogle AI StudioGCP Vertex AI

AIRouter

Router

Commercial LLM router (branded "AI Router" on its site) that picks the best model per request via a Decision API or an OpenAI-compatible Chat Completions endpoint, with a private selection mode that routes on anonymized patterns; sold as BYOK subscription plans priced by routed tokens.

SubscriptionGoogle AI StudioGCP Vertex AI

Helicone

Gateway

Observability-first AI gateway with routing, caching, rate limiting, and request tracing; Apache-2.0 open-source platform with a managed hosted tier for logging and analytics.

SubscriptionGoogle AI StudioGCP Vertex AI

Kong AI Gateway

Gateway

Multi-LLM AI gateway built on Kong Gateway 3.x, adding semantic routing, load balancing, guardrails, and MCP traffic analytics as plugins over Kong's existing API management platform.

SubscriptionGoogle AI StudioGCP Vertex AI

Capabilities

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