Lite

Lite is a tier of Google's Gemini AI model, designed to be a lightweight version of the larger Gemini model. It is offered as a free option to users and is optimized for faster performance and lower resource consumption.

Why it’s in the news: It is in the news because Google has moved its free Gemini offering to this Flash-Lite tier and also launched a new model called Nano Banana 2.1.

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