# Google DeepMind — Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite

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## Model

- Name: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite
- Company: Google DeepMind (deepmind.google)
- Launch post: Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: Built for intelligence at scale — https://forck.live/items/1249-gemini-3-1-flash-lite-built-for-intelligence-at-scale
- Announced: 2026-03-03T16:35:55+00:00
- Launch source: https://deepmind.google/blog/gemini-3-1-flash-lite-built-for-intelligence-at-scale/
- Launch chosen by: a person, pinned in the model registry
- Released (per models.dev): 2026-05-07
- Listed (per OpenRouter): 2026-05-07
- Open weights: no
- Posts about it: 1
- Outlets named under its posts: 0
- Variant: Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) — https://forck.live/models/gemini-3-1-flash-lite-image
- Variant: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview — https://forck.live/models/gemini-3-1-flash-lite-preview
- OpenRouter id: google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite — https://openrouter.ai/google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite

## Posts about it

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### Google DeepMind — Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: Built for intelligence at scale

- Company: Google DeepMind (deepmind.google)
- Announced: 2026-03-03T16:35:55+00:00
- Category: new-model
- Coverage: not counted
- Announcement: yes
- Group: models
- Source: https://deepmind.google/blog/gemini-3-1-flash-lite-built-for-intelligence-at-scale/
- Record: https://forck.live/items/1249-gemini-3-1-flash-lite-built-for-intelligence-at-scale
- Subject: Gemini

Google DeepMind announces Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite as the fastest and most cost-efficient model in the Gemini 3 series.

## Who reported on it

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