This page lists the known deprecation schedules for Stable (GA) and Preview models in the Gemini API. A deprecation announcement means we will no longer provide support for that model, and that it will be completely retired, or turned off, shortly after the deprecation date.
Stable Models
| Model | Public release date | Deprecation date | Notes |
| Imagen 3 | February 6, 2025 | November 10, 2025 | imagen-3.0-generate-002Use Imagen 4. |
| Gemini 2.0 Flash | February 5, 2025 | Earliest February 2026 | Including gemini-2.0-flash & gemini-2.0-flash-001 |
| Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | February 25, 2025 | Earliest February 2026 | Including gemini-2.0-flash-lite & gemini-2.0-flash-lite-001 |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash | June 17, 2025 | Earliest June 2026 | |
| Gemini 2.5 Pro | June 17, 2025 | Earliest June 2026 | |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | July 22, 2025 | Earliest July 2026 | |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash Image | October 2, 2025 | Earliest October 2026 | |
| Veo 3 | September 9, 2025 | No deprecation date announced | Including veo-3.0-generate-001 & veo-3.0-fast-generate-001 |
| Veo 2 | April 9, 2025 | No deprecation date announced | |
| Imagen 4 | August 14, 2025 | No deprecation date announced | Including:
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Preview Models
Preview models are deprecated with at least 2 weeks notice.
| Preview Model | Public release date | Deprecation date | Notes |
gemini-2.5-flash-preview-native-audio-dialog |
May 20,2025 | October 20, 2025 | Use gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-preview-09-2025. |
gemini-2.5-flash-exp-native-audio-thinking-dialog |
May 20, 2025 | October 20, 2025 | Use gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-preview-09-2025. |
embedding-001 & embedding-gecko-001 |
December 13, 2023 | October 30, 2025 | Use gemini-embedding-001. |
gemini-2.0-flash-preview-image-generation |
May 7, 2025 | November 12, 2025 | |
veo-3.0-generate-preview & veo-3.0-fast-generate-preview |
July 17, 2025 | November 12, 2025 | Use veo-3.1-generate-preview or veo-3.1-fast-generate-preview. |
gemini-2.0-flash-live-001 |
April 9, 2025 | December 9, 2025 | Retiring half-cascade Live API models in favor of Native Audio. |
gemini-live-2.5-flash-preview |
April 9, 2025 | December 9, 2025 | Retiring half-cascade Live API models in favor of Native Audio. |
gemini-2.5-pro-preview-tts |
May 20, 2025 | No deprecation date announced | |
gemini-2.5-flash-preview-tts |
May 20, 2025 | No deprecation date announced | |
gemini-2.5-flash-preview-09-2025 |
September 25, 2025 | No deprecation date announced | |
gemini-2.5-flash-lite-preview-09-2025 |
September 25, 2025 | No deprecation date announced | |
gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview |
August 26, 2025 | No deprecation date announced | |
gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-preview-09-2025 |
September 23, 2025 | No deprecation date announced | |
veo-3.1-generate-preview & veo-3.1-fast-generate-preview |
October 15, 2025 | No deprecation date announced |