Google has announced the general availability of Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite, a new model designed for improved performance in various AI applications, including voice AI, video editing, and data analytics. Developers can begin utilizing the model through Google AI Studio and Google Cloud's Vertex AI. The pricing structure for Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is set at $0.075 per 1 million input tokens and $0.30 per 1 million output tokens, which is consistent with the costs of its predecessor, Gemini 1.5 Flash. The new model boasts enhanced performance across reasoning, multimodal, math, and factuality benchmarks, and supports a context length of up to 1 million tokens. Additionally, it offers a free tier allowing 1,500 requests per day. Users have noted its potential for applications requiring long context windows and native audio understanding, making it suitable for voice AI agents.