Google Gemini API deprecations & model shutdown dates

5 upcoming and 39 past retirements from Google Gemini API, taken from the official deprecation page.

Upcoming

Model / APIShutdownReplacement
gemini-omni-flash-preview (4d)gemini-omni-1.1-flash
gemini-2.5-flash-image (6d)gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview
antigravity-preview-05-2026 (9d)antigravity-preview-09-2026
gemini-3.1-flash-lite (223d)gemini-3.5-flash-lite
gemini-embedding-001 (596d)gemini-embedding-2

Already shut down

Model / APIShutdownReplacement
gemini-robotics-er-1.6-previewgemini-robotics-er-2-preview
imagen-4.0-fast-generate-001gemini-3.1-flash-image
imagen-4.0-generate-001gemini-3.1-flash-image
imagen-4.0-ultra-generate-001gemini-3.1-flash-image
embedding-2-previewgemini-embedding-2
veo-2.0-generate-001veo-3.1-generate-preview
veo-3.0-fast-generate-001veo-3.1-fast-generate-preview
veo-3.0-generate-001veo-3.1-generate-preview
gemini-3-pro-image-previewgemini-3-pro-image
gemini-3.1-flash-image-previewgemini-3.1-flash-image
gemini-2.0-flashgemini-3.6-flash
gemini-2.0-flash-001gemini-3.6-flash
gemini-2.0-flash-litegemini-3.1-flash-lite
gemini-2.0-flash-lite-001gemini-3.1-flash-lite
gemini-3.1-flash-lite-previewgemini-3.1-flash-lite
gemini-robotics-er-1.5-previewgemini-robotics-er-1.6-preview
gemini-2.5-flash-lite-preview-09-2025gemini-3.1-flash-lite
gemini-3-pro-previewgemini-3.1-pro-preview
gemini-2.5-flash-preview-09-25gemini-3.6-flash
imagen-4.0-generate-preview-06-06imagen-4.0-generate-001
imagen-4.0-ultra-generate-preview-06-06imagen-4.0-ultra-generate-001
gemini-2.5-flash-image-previewgemini-2.5-flash-image
text-embedding-004gemini-embedding-2
gemini-2.0-flash-lite-previewgemini-2.5-flash-lite
gemini-2.0-flash-lite-preview-02-05gemini-2.5-flash-lite
gemini-2.0-flash-live-001gemini-3.8-live
gemini-live-2.5-flash-previewgemini-3.8-live
gemini-2.5-pro-preview-03-25gemini-3.1-pro-preview
gemini-2.5-pro-preview-05-06gemini-3.1-pro-preview
gemini-2.5-pro-preview-06-05gemini-3.1-pro-preview
gemini-2.5-flash-preview-05-20gemini-3.6-flash
gemini-2.0-flash-preview-image-generationgemini-2.5-flash-image
veo-3.0-fast-generate-previewveo-3.1-fast-generate-preview
veo-3.0-generate-previewveo-3.1-generate-preview
imagen-3.0-generate-002imagen-4.0-generate-001
embedding-001gemini-embedding-2
embedding-gecko-001gemini-embedding-2
gemini-embedding-expgemini-embedding-2
gemini-embedding-exp-03-07gemini-embedding-2

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