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Gemini API release notes · Google Gemini
Deprecation announcement: Shut down for gemini-2.0-flash-live-001 and gemini-live-2.5-flash-preview coming December 09, 2025.
Gemini API release notes announced it on 20 Oct 2025; the deadline, 9 Dec 2025, has passed. Moved: an earlier announcement gave October 2025.
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Matched by product and title; check each before relying on it- 16 Sep 2025 Product newsDeprecation announcement: The following models will be shut down in October 2025: embedding-001 embedding-gecko-001 gemini-embedding-exp-03-07 (gemini-embedding-exp) See…
- 15 Oct 2025 Product newsDeprecation announcement: Shut down for veo-3.0-generate-preview and veo-3.0-fast-generate-preview coming November 12, 2025.
- 20 Oct 2025 Announced · Gemini API release notesDeprecation announcement: Shut down for gemini-2.0-flash-live-001 and gemini-live-2.5-flash-preview coming December 09, 2025.
- 9 Dec 2025 Product newsThe following Gemini Live API models are now shut down: gemini-2.0-flash-live-001 gemini-live-2.5-flash-preview
- 9 Dec 2025 DeadlineThe date in the announcement
Other retirements in Google Gemini
Lifecycle- Gemini 3.5 Flash deprecationNo date in the announcement · Gemini API release notes
- Gemini 3.7 Flash deprecationNo date in the announcement · Gemini API release notes
- Deprecation announcement: The following models will be shut down: November 12: veo-3.0-fast-generate-preview veo-3.0-generate-preview November 14: gemini-2.0-flash-exp-i…No date in the announcement · Gemini API release notes
- Deprecation announcement: The gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview and gemini-3-pro-image-preview models are deprecated and will be shut down on June 25, 2026.25 Jun 2026 · Gemini API release notes
- Deprecation announcement: The following models will be shut down June 1, 2026: gemini-2.0-flash gemini-2.0-flash-001 gemini-2.0-flash-lite gemini-2.0-flash-lite-0011 Jun 2026 · Gemini API release notes
- Deprecation announcement: The gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview model is deprecating on 5/11/26 and will be shut down on May 25, 2026.25 May 2026 · Gemini API release notes
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