Google just shipped two new AI models over the weekend. Nano Banana 2 Lite is a cheap image generator aimed at beating OpenAI on price. Gemini Omni Flash is a video model that people are calling the Nano Banana of video.
The Lite version is supposed to understand what you actually mean when you describe an image, not just spit out generic results. The video one is generating clips that look shockingly good for a Flash tier model.
Both are available to try right now. If you have been waiting for a sign that the cheap end of Google AI is finally worth using, this is probably it.