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Google Expands AI Media and Agent Capabilities With Nano Banana 2 Lite, Gemini Omni Flash, and Spark for Mac

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Google has launched a series of AI updates spanning image generation, video creation, and desktop agent capabilities, consolidating its position across multiple fronts of the generative AI market.

The company released Nano Banana 2 Lite, a faster and more affordable image generation model capable of producing images in four seconds at $0.034 per thousand images. Designed for high-volume workflows requiring rapid iteration, it replaces the original Nano Banana as the entry-level option in the product line, which also includes the more powerful Nano Banana Pro. Alongside it, Google announced a wider release of Gemini Omni Flash, first shown at Google I/O, priced at $0.10 per second of video output. A new demo application, Omni Product Studio, was also unveiled, converting static images into cinematic e-commerce videos.

Google also brought Gemini Spark, its AI desktop agent, to macOS. Available in beta to Google AI Ultra subscribers in the U.S., Spark can now work with local files, with multi-step phone-to-desktop task delegation promised shortly. New integrations include Google Tasks, Google Keep, Canva, Dropbox, Instacart, OpenTable, and Zillow Rentals, enabling Spark to handle tasks ranging from grocery orders to apartment bookings. Real-time topic tracking and custom MCP support were also added, putting Spark in more direct competition with Claude Desktop, Microsoft Copilot, and other desktop AI agents.

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