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Gemini 3.5 Pro Launches Publicly — With Nano Banana 2 Image Gen

Editorial Team · 2026-07-04 · 5 min read

Google's flagship Gemini 3.5 Pro finally hits general availability in July 2026, bundled with the fast, cost-efficient Nano Banana 2 Lite image generator.

Gemini 3.5 Pro is cleared for July 2026 general availability after slipping from its original June target. It ships with the Nano Banana 2 Lite image generator built in — described by Google as its fastest and most cost-efficient image model.

Key specs: 2M token context window, real-time Google Search grounding, native multimodal understanding (text + image + video + audio), and deep Google Workspace integration.

For Google Workspace users, the value proposition is compelling: your calendar, docs, sheets, and drive all become AI-queryable in a single interface. Whether that's enough to pull users away from Claude and ChatGPT remains to be seen.