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Coming up

• Sep 30, 2026
  Google Breaking model The Gemini API will shut down gemini-omni-flash-preview on September 30, 2026. Switch to the GA model gemini-omni-1.1-flash.
• Oct 2, 2026
  Google Deprecation model Google's deprecations table lists October 2, 2026 as the earliest shutdown date for gemini-2.5-flash-image, but its September 18 release notes say the 2.5 models are not deprecated.
• May 7, 2027
  Google Deprecation model Google lists May 7, 2027 as the earliest shutdown date for gemini-3.1-flash-lite on the Gemini API. The recommended replacement is gemini-3.5-flash-lite.
• May 14, 2028
  Google Deprecation model Google lists May 14, 2028 as the earliest shutdown date for gemini-embedding-001 on the Gemini API. The replacement is gemini-embedding-2, which requires re-embedding your data.

In effect

• Aug 31, 2026
  Google Breaking model gemini-robotics-er-1.6-preview was shut down on the Gemini API on August 31, 2026. The replacement is gemini-robotics-er-2-preview.
• Aug 17, 2026
  Google Breaking model Imagen 4 (standard, Ultra, Fast) shut down on the Gemini API August 17, 2026; replacement is a Gemini image model
• Aug 10, 2026
  Google Breaking model The preview embedding model gemini-embedding-2-preview was shut down on the Gemini API on August 10, 2026. The replacement is gemini-embedding-2.
• Jun 30, 2026
  Google Breaking model The Veo models veo-2.0-generate-001, veo-3.0-generate-001 and veo-3.0-fast-generate-001 were shut down on the Gemini API on June 30, 2026.
• Jun 25, 2026
  Google Breaking model The Gemini 3 image preview models gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview and gemini-3-pro-image-preview were shut down on the Gemini API on June 25, 2026. Their GA versions are gemini-3.1-flash-image and gemini-3-pro-image.
• Jun 1, 2026
  Google Breaking model Gemini 2.0 Flash and Flash-Lite shut down on the Gemini API June 1, 2026
• May 25, 2026
  Google Breaking model gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview was shut down on the Gemini API May 25, 2026; the replacement is gemini-3.1-flash-lite.
• Apr 30, 2026
  Google Breaking model gemini-robotics-er-1.5-preview was shut down on the Gemini API April 30, 2026; its listed replacement has since been scheduled for shutdown too.
• Mar 31, 2026
  Google Breaking model gemini-2.5-flash-lite-preview-09-2025 was shut down on the Gemini API March 31, 2026; the current listed replacement is gemini-3.1-flash-lite.
• Mar 9, 2026
  Google Silent model Gemini 3 Pro Preview was shut down on the Gemini API March 9, 2026; the gemini-3-pro-preview id now points to gemini-3.1-pro-preview.
• Feb 17, 2026
  Google Breaking model Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 09-2025 was shut down on the Gemini API February 17, 2026; the listed replacement is gemini-3.6-flash.
• Feb 17, 2026
  Google Breaking model Imagen 4 preview models imagen-4.0-generate-preview-06-06 and imagen-4.0-ultra-generate-preview-06-06 were shut down on the Gemini API February 17, 2026.
• Jan 15, 2026
  Google Breaking model gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview was shut down on the Gemini API January 15, 2026; the listed replacement is gemini-2.5-flash-image.
• Jan 14, 2026
  Google Breaking model text-embedding-004 shut down on the Gemini API January 14, 2026; replacement is gemini-embedding-2