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NANOLITE — Nano Banana 2 Lite is here: Google's fastest and most cost-efficient Gemini Image model, made for running lightweight image generation cheaplyOMNIFLASH — Gemini Omni Flash is in public preview, a natively multimodal model that lets enterprises and developers build custom, dynamic video workflowsAGENTS — Managed Agents expand with background: true for async server-side runs and polling, remote MCP server integration, and refreshing credentials across interactionsMEMORY — The Memory Bank IngestEvents API is generally available, decoupling event ingestion from memory generation so you can stream content continuouslyTHROUGHPUT — Provisioned Throughput now lets you submit up to seven pending orders for the same model and regionDEPRECATE — Image generation models shut down on August 17, and the Grok 4.1 family on the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform on August 20NANOLITE — Nano Banana 2 Lite is here: Google's fastest and most cost-efficient Gemini Image model, made for running lightweight image generation cheaplyOMNIFLASH — Gemini Omni Flash is in public preview, a natively multimodal model that lets enterprises and developers build custom, dynamic video workflowsAGENTS — Managed Agents expand with background: true for async server-side runs and polling, remote MCP server integration, and refreshing credentials across interactionsMEMORY — The Memory Bank IngestEvents API is generally available, decoupling event ingestion from memory generation so you can stream content continuouslyTHROUGHPUT — Provisioned Throughput now lets you submit up to seven pending orders for the same model and regionDEPRECATE — Image generation models shut down on August 17, and the Grok 4.1 family on the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform on August 20
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Understanding Gemini API Pricing — A Cost Strategy That Squeezes the Free Tier

Gemini API offers one of the most generous free tiers around, but the boundary is genuinely confusing. This piece sorts out where the free tier ends, when to switch to paid, and how to lean into context caching and multimodal billing — all from a solo developer's wallet perspective.