Gemini deprecations

This page lists the known deprecation schedules for stable (GA) 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.

Preview model deprecations are documented on the Release notes page.

Gemini 2.0 models

Model Release date Shutdown date Recommended replacement
gemini-2.0-flash February 5, 2025 Earliest February 2026 gemini-2.5-flash
gemini-2.0-flash-001 February 5, 2025 Earliest February 2026 gemini-2.5-flash
gemini-2.0-flash-lite February 25, 2025 Earliest February 2026 gemini-2.5-flash-lite
gemini-2.0-flash-lite-001 February 25, 2025 Earliest February 2026 gemini-2.5-flash-lite

Gemini 2.5 Flash models

Model Release date Shutdown date Recommended replacement
gemini-2.5-flash June 17, 2025 Earliest June 2026
gemini-2.5-flash-image October 2, 2025 Earliest October 2026
gemini-2.5-flash-lite July 22, 2025 Earliest July 2026

Gemini 2.5 Pro models

Model Release date Shutdown date Recommended replacement
gemini-2.5-pro June 17, 2025 Earliest June 2026 gemini-3-pro

Recently deprecated

Live API models

Model Release date Shutdown date Recommended replacement
gemini-2.0-flash-live-001 April 9, 2025 December 9, 2025 gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-preview-12-2025
gemini-live-2.5-flash-preview June 17, 2025 December 9, 2025 gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-preview-12-2025

Imagen 3 models

Model Release date Shutdown date Recommended replacement
imagen-3.0-generate-002 February 6, 2025 November 10, 2025 imagen-4.0-generate-001

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Last updated 2025年12月18日 UTC.