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Gemini API model deprecation schedule
Every Google model with a shutdown date on Google's own deprecation page: the 11 shutdowns still ahead, soonest first, and the 44 already past, newest first, each with the replacement Google recommends. After its date a model stops answering on Google's API, or is routed to a newer one where the row says so. Last checked November 7, 2026.
Google lists the earliest possible date for each shutdown and confirms the exact date later, so these rows can move.
- Next shutdown
- Nov 17, 2026, in 10 days
- Scheduled
- 11
- Already retired
- 44
Every lab's shutdowns in your calendar: Apple or Outlook · Google Calendar · .ics file · the data as JSON or CSV (CC BY 4.0)
Scheduled
Nov 17, 2026 · in 10 days
gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-preview-12-2025→ gemini-3.8-liveearliest possible date · Google's deprecation pagegemini-2.5-flash-preview-tts→ gemini-3.8-flash-tts or gemini-3.8-flash-lite-ttsearliest possible date · Google's deprecation pagegemini-2.5-pro-preview-tts→ gemini-3.8-flash-tts or gemini-3.8-flash-lite-ttsearliest possible date · Google's deprecation pagegemini-3.1-flash-live-preview→ gemini-3.8-liveearliest possible date · Google's deprecation pagegemini-3.1-flash-tts-preview→ gemini-3.8-flash-tts or gemini-3.8-flash-lite-ttsearliest possible date · Google's deprecation page
Dec 1, 2026 · in 24 days
gemini-2.5-flash→ gemini-3.5-flash-litegemini-2.5-flash is no longer available in Google AI Studio; effective December 1, 2026, API requests to gemini-2.5-flash will automatically route to gemini-3.5-flash-lite.earliest possible date · Google's deprecation pagegemini-2.5-pro→ gemini-3.8-flashgemini-2.5-pro is no longer available in Google AI Studio; effective December 1, 2026, API requests to gemini-2.5-pro will automatically route to gemini-3.8-flash.earliest possible date · Google's deprecation page
Dec 3, 2026 · in 26 days
gemini-omni-1.1-flash→ gemini-omni-1.2-flashEffective December 3, 2026, the endpoint is automatically routing API requests to gemini-omni-1.2-flash.earliest possible date · Google's deprecation page
Mar 15, 2027 · in 128 days
gemini-2.5-flash-image→ gemini-3.1-flash-lite-imageearliest possible date · Google's deprecation page
May 7, 2027 · in 181 days
gemini-3.1-flash-lite→ gemini-3.5-flash-liteearliest possible date · Google's deprecation page
May 14, 2028 · in 554 days
gemini-embedding-001→ gemini-embedding-2earliest possible date · Google's deprecation page
Already retired
Nov 6, 2026
gemini-embedding-2-preview→ gemini-embedding-2effective November 6, 2026, API requests to gemini-embedding-2-preview route to gemini-embedding-2.earliest possible date · Google's deprecation page
Oct 22, 2026
gemini-omni-flash-preview→ gemini-omni-1.2-flashearliest possible date · Google's deprecation pageveo-3.1-fast-generate-preview→ gemini-omni-1.2-flashearliest possible date · Google's deprecation pageveo-3.1-generate-preview→ gemini-omni-1.2-flashearliest possible date · Google's deprecation pageveo-3.1-lite-generate-preview→ gemini-omni-1.2-flashearliest possible date · Google's deprecation page
Aug 31, 2026
gemini-robotics-er-1.6-preview→ gemini-robotics-er-2-previewearliest possible date · Google's deprecation page
Aug 17, 2026
imagen-4.0-fast-generate-001→ gemini-nano-banana-2.1earliest possible date · Google's deprecation pageimagen-4.0-generate-001→ gemini-nano-banana-2.1earliest possible date · Google's deprecation pageimagen-4.0-ultra-generate-001→ gemini-nano-banana-2.1earliest possible date · Google's deprecation page
Jul 28, 2026
gemini-2.5-computer-use-preview-10-2025→ gemini-3.8-flashearliest possible date · Google's deprecation page
Jun 30, 2026
veo-2.0-generate-001→ gemini-omni-1.2-flash or the GA models on the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platformearliest possible date · Google's deprecation pageveo-3.0-fast-generate-001→ gemini-omni-1.2-flash or the GA models on the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platformearliest possible date · Google's deprecation pageveo-3.0-generate-001→ gemini-omni-1.2-flash or the GA models on the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platformearliest possible date · Google's deprecation page
Jun 25, 2026
gemini-3-pro-image-preview→ gemini-3-pro-imageearliest possible date · Google's deprecation pagegemini-3.1-flash-image-preview→ gemini-nano-banana-2.1earliest possible date · Google's deprecation page
Jun 1, 2026
gemini-2.0-flash→ gemini-3.6-flashearliest possible date · Google's deprecation pagegemini-2.0-flash-001→ gemini-3.6-flashearliest possible date · Google's deprecation pagegemini-2.0-flash-lite→ gemini-3.1-flash-liteearliest possible date · Google's deprecation pagegemini-2.0-flash-lite-001→ gemini-3.1-flash-liteearliest possible date · Google's deprecation page
May 25, 2026
gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview→ gemini-3.1-flash-liteearliest possible date · Google's deprecation page
Apr 30, 2026
gemini-robotics-er-1.5-preview→ gemini-robotics-er-2-previewearliest possible date · Google's deprecation page
Mar 31, 2026
gemini-2.5-flash-lite-preview-09-2025→ gemini-3.1-flash-liteearliest possible date · Google's deprecation page
Mar 9, 2026
gemini-3-pro-preview→ gemini-3.1-pro-previewearliest possible date · Google's deprecation page
Feb 17, 2026
gemini-2.5-flash-preview-09-2025→ gemini-3.6-flashearliest possible date · Google's deprecation pageimagen-4.0-generate-preview-06-06→ gemini-nano-banana-2.1earliest possible date · Google's deprecation pageimagen-4.0-ultra-generate-preview-06-06→ gemini-nano-banana-2.1earliest possible date · Google's deprecation page
Jan 15, 2026
gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview→ gemini-nano-banana-2.1earliest possible date · Google's deprecation page
Jan 14, 2026
text-embedding-004→ gemini-embedding-2earliest possible date · Google's deprecation page
Dec 9, 2025
gemini-2.0-flash-lite-preview→ gemini-3.1-flash-liteearliest possible date · Google's deprecation pagegemini-2.0-flash-lite-preview-02-05→ gemini-3.1-flash-liteearliest possible date · Google's deprecation pagegemini-2.0-flash-live-001→ gemini-3.8-liveearliest possible date · Google's deprecation pagegemini-live-2.5-flash-preview→ gemini-3.8-liveearliest possible date · Google's deprecation page
Dec 2, 2025
gemini-2.5-pro-preview-03-25→ gemini-3.8-flashearliest possible date · Google's deprecation pagegemini-2.5-pro-preview-05-06→ gemini-3.8-flashearliest possible date · Google's deprecation pagegemini-2.5-pro-preview-06-05→ gemini-3.8-flashearliest possible date · Google's deprecation page
Nov 18, 2025
gemini-2.5-flash-preview-05-20→ gemini-3.6-flashearliest possible date · Google's deprecation page
Nov 14, 2025
gemini-2.0-flash-preview-image-generation→ gemini-nano-banana-2.1earliest possible date · Google's deprecation page
Nov 12, 2025
veo-3.0-fast-generate-preview→ gemini-omni-1.2-flashearliest possible date · Google's deprecation pageveo-3.0-generate-preview→ gemini-omni-1.2-flashearliest possible date · Google's deprecation page
Nov 10, 2025
imagen-3.0-generate-002→ gemini-nano-banana-2.1earliest possible date · Google's deprecation page
Oct 30, 2025
embedding-001→ gemini-embedding-2earliest possible date · Google's deprecation pageembedding-gecko-001→ gemini-embedding-2earliest possible date · Google's deprecation pagegemini-embedding-exp→ gemini-embedding-2earliest possible date · Google's deprecation pagegemini-embedding-exp-03-07→ gemini-embedding-2earliest possible date · Google's deprecation page
Quick answers
When does Google retire its next model?
November 17, 2026 at the earliest, in 10 days: gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-preview-12-2025, gemini-2.5-flash-preview-tts, gemini-2.5-pro-preview-tts, gemini-3.1-flash-live-preview and 1 more. Google recommends gemini-3.8-live and gemini-3.8-flash-tts or gemini-3.8-flash-lite-tts instead.
How many Google models are scheduled to shut down?
11 shutdowns are on Google's deprecation page with a date still ahead, the last on May 14, 2028.
Which Google models were retired most recently?
gemini-embedding-2-preview, on November 6, 2026. 44 Google models have a past shutdown date on its deprecation page, the oldest on October 30, 2025.
Where do these dates come from?
Only from Google's own deprecation page, last checked November 7, 2026. Google gives the earliest possible date for each shutdown and confirms the exact date later, so a row can move. A model Google has deprecated without a date is left out until it has one.
Other labs: OpenAI deprecations · Claude deprecations · every lab, soonest first. What replaces them: Google's model releases. What they cost: Google API pricing. Moving to a new model? Compare the cost.
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