Using Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image) on Google AI Studio

Quick Start

1. 1
   Create an account at Google AI Studio and generate an API key.
2. 2
   Use the Google AI Studio SDK or REST API to call gemini-3.1-flash-image — see the documentation for request format.
3. 3
   You'll be billed $0.50/1M input, $60.00/1M output tokens. See full pricing.

Code Examples

import os
from google import genai

client = genai.Client(api_key=os.environ["GOOGLE_API_KEY"])
response = client.models.generate_content(
    model="gemini-3.1-flash-image",
    contents="Hello"
)
print(response.text)

About Google AI Studio

Google AI Studio is a model prototyping environment and API access point for Gemini models, offering an inference playground for developers to test and build AI applications.

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About Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)

Nano Banana 2 is the GA Gemini 3.1 Flash Image model for image generation and editing through the Gemini API. It accepts text, image, PDF, and video inputs, adds video-to-image generation for thumbnails, posters, and infographics, returns text and images, supports search grounding and thinking, and replaces the gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview model retiring on 2026-06-25.