Gemini deprecations

This page lists the known deprecation schedules for stable (GA) and preview models in the Gemini API. A "deprecation" is the announcement that we no longer provide support for a model, and that it will be "shut down" in the near future. Once a model is "shutdown", it is completely turned off, and the endpoint is no longer available.

Deprecation announcements are made on the Release notes page, and the announced earliest shutdown dates are tracked on this page. Already-shutdown models are indicated with gray backgrounds.

Gemini 3 models

Model Release date Shutdown date Recommended replacement
gemini-3.5-flash May 19, 2026 No shutdown date announced
gemini-3.1-flash-image May 28, 2026 No shutdown date announced
gemini-3-pro-image May 28, 2026 No shutdown date announced
gemini-3.1-flash-lite May 7, 2026 May 7, 2027
Preview models
gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview February 26, 2026 June 25, 2026 gemini-3.1-flash-image
gemini-3.1-pro-preview February 19, 2026 No shutdown date announced
gemini-3-pro-image-preview November 20, 2025 June 25, 2026 gemini-3-pro-image
gemini-3-flash-preview December 17, 2025 No shutdown date announced gemini-3.5-flash
gemini-3-pro-preview November 18, 2025 March 9, 2026 gemini-3.1-pro-preview
gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview March 3, 2026 May 25, 2026 gemini-3.1-flash-lite

Gemini 2.5 Pro models

Model Release date Shutdown date Recommended replacement
gemini-2.5-pro June 17, 2025 October 16, 2026 gemini-3.1-pro-preview
Preview models
gemini-2.5-pro-preview-03-25 March 3, 2025 December 2, 2025 gemini-3.1-pro-preview
gemini-2.5-pro-preview-05-06 May 6, 2025 December 2, 2025 gemini-3.1-pro-preview
gemini-2.5-pro-preview-06-05 June 5, 2025 December 2, 2025 gemini-3.1-pro-preview

Gemini 2.5 Flash models

Model Release date Shutdown date Recommended replacement
gemini-2.5-flash June 17, 2025 October 16, 2026 gemini-3.5-flash
gemini-2.5-flash-image October 2, 2025 October 2, 2026 gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview
gemini-2.5-flash-lite July 22, 2025 October 16, 2026 gemini-3.1-flash-lite
Preview models
gemini-2.5-flash-lite-preview-09-2025 September 25, 2025 March 31, 2026 gemini-3.1-flash-lite
gemini-2.5-flash-preview-05-20 May 20, 2025 November 18, 2025 gemini-3.5-flash
gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview May 7, 2025 January 15, 2026 gemini-2.5-flash-image
gemini-2.5-flash-preview-09-25 September 25, 2025 February 17, 2026 gemini-3.5-flash

Gemini 2.0 models

Model Release date Shutdown date Recommended replacement
gemini-2.0-flash February 5, 2025 June 1, 2026 gemini-3.5-flash
gemini-2.0-flash-001 February 5, 2025 June 1, 2026 gemini-3.5-flash
gemini-2.0-flash-lite February 25, 2025 June 1, 2026 gemini-3.1-flash-lite
gemini-2.0-flash-lite-001 February 25, 2025 June 1, 2026 gemini-3.1-flash-lite
Preview models
gemini-2.0-flash-preview-image-generation May 7, 2025 November 14, 2025 gemini-2.5-flash-image
gemini-2.0-flash-lite-preview February 5, 2025 December 9, 2025 gemini-2.5-flash-lite
gemini-2.0-flash-lite-preview-02-05 February 5, 2025 December 9, 2025 gemini-2.5-flash-lite

Live API models

Model Release date Shutdown date Recommended replacement
gemini-2.0-flash-live-001 April 9, 2025 December 9, 2025 gemini-3.1-flash-live-preview
Preview models
gemini-3.1-flash-live-preview March 11, 2026 No shutdown date announced
gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-preview-12-2025 December 12, 2025 No shutdown date announced gemini-3.1-flash-live-preview
gemini-live-2.5-flash-preview June 17, 2025 December 9, 2025 gemini-3.1-flash-live-preview

Audio models

Model Release date Shutdown date Recommended replacement
Preview models
gemini-3.1-flash-tts-preview April 13, 2026 No shutdown date announced
gemini-2.5-flash-preview-tts May 20, 2025 No shutdown date announced gemini-3.1-flash-tts-preview
gemini-2.5-pro-preview-tts May 20, 2025 No shutdown date announced gemini-3.1-flash-tts-preview

Embedding models

Model Release date Shutdown date Recommended replacement
gemini-embedding-001 July 14, 2025 July 14, 2026 gemini-embedding-2
text-embedding-004 April 9, 2024 January 14, 2026 gemini-embedding-2
Preview models
embedding-001 April 9, 2024 October 30, 2025 gemini-embedding-2
embedding-gecko-001 October 30, 2025 gemini-embedding-2
gemini-embedding-exp October 30, 2025 gemini-embedding-2
gemini-embedding-exp-03-07 October 30, 2025 gemini-embedding-2

Imagen models

Model Release date Shutdown date Recommended replacement
imagen-4.0-generate-001 June 24, 2025 August 17, 2026 gemini-3.1-flash-image
imagen-4.0-ultra-generate-001 June 24, 2025 August 17, 2026 gemini-3.1-flash-image
imagen-4.0-fast-generate-001 June 24, 2025 August 17, 2026 gemini-3.1-flash-image
imagen-3.0-generate-002 February 6, 2025 November 10, 2025 imagen-4.0-generate-001
Preview models
imagen-4.0-generate-preview-06-06 June 24, 2025 February 17, 2026 imagen-4.0-generate-001
imagen-4.0-ultra-generate-preview-06-06 June 24, 2025 February 17, 2026 imagen-4.0-ultra-generate-001

Veo models

Model Release date Shutdown date Recommended replacement
veo-3.0-generate-001 September 9, 2025 June 30, 2026 veo-3.1-generate-preview
or the GA models on the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform
veo-3.0-fast-generate-001 September 9, 2025 June 30, 2026 veo-3.1-fast-generate-preview
or the GA models on the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform
veo-2.0-generate-001 April 9, 2025 June 30, 2026 veo-3.1-generate-preview
or the GA models on the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform
Preview models
veo-3.1-lite-generate-preview March 31, 2026 No shutdown date announced
veo-3.1-generate-preview October 15, 2025 No shutdown date announced
veo-3.1-fast-generate-preview October 15, 2025 No shutdown date announced
veo-3.0-generate-preview July 31, 2025 November 12, 2025 veo-3.1-generate-preview
veo-3.0-fast-generate-preview July 31, 2025 November 12, 2025 veo-3.1-fast-generate-preview

Lyria models

Model Release date Shutdown date Recommended replacement
lyria-3-clip-preview March 25, 2026 No shutdown date announced
lyria-3-pro-preview March 25, 2026 No shutdown date announced
lyria-realtime-exp May 20, 2025 No shutdown date announced

Robotics models

Model Release date Shutdown date Recommended replacement
Preview models
gemini-robotics-er-1.6-preview April 14, 2026 No shut down date announced
gemini-robotics-er-1.5-preview September 25, 2025 April 30, 2026 gemini-robotics-er-1.6-preview