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gemini-2.5-flash

Google Gemini: active; retirement not before 1 Dec 2026; no exact shutdown date announced.

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gemini-2.5-flash: active; retirement not before 1 Dec 2026; no exact shutdown date announced. Check the publisher's current lifecycle record before planning a migration; an earliest possible date is not an announced shutdown.

17 JunReleased 2025

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9 listed as retired

gemini-embedding-2-preview	retired; reported shutdown date 6 Nov 2026	gemini-embedding-2 (effective November 6, 2026, API requests to gemini-embedding-2-preview route to gemini-embedding-2)	—
veo-3.1-lite-generate-preview	retired; reported shutdown date 22 Oct 2026	gemini-omni-1.2-flash	—
veo-3.1-generate-preview	retired; reported shutdown date 22 Oct 2026	gemini-omni-1.2-flash	—
veo-3.1-fast-generate-preview	retired; reported shutdown date 22 Oct 2026	gemini-omni-1.2-flash	—
gemini-omni-flash-preview	retired; reported shutdown date 22 Oct 2026	gemini-omni-1.2-flash	—
gemini-robotics-er-1.6-preview	retired; reported shutdown date 31 Aug 2026	gemini-robotics-er-2-preview	—
imagen-4.0-generate-001	retired; reported shutdown date 17 Aug 2026	gemini-nano-banana-2.1	—
imagen-4.0-ultra-generate-001	retired; reported shutdown date 17 Aug 2026	gemini-nano-banana-2.1	—
imagen-4.0-fast-generate-001	retired; reported shutdown date 17 Aug 2026	gemini-nano-banana-2.1	—

9 models with no announced retirement date

gemini-2.5-flash-image	active; retirement not before 15 Mar 2027; no exact shutdown date announced	gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image	—
gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-preview-12-2025	active; retirement not before 31 Mar 2027; no exact shutdown date announced	gemini-3.8-live	—
gemini-2.5-flash-preview-tts	active; retirement not before 18 Dec 2026; no exact shutdown date announced	gemini-3.8-flash-tts or gemini-3.8-flash-lite-tts	—
gemini-2.5-pro	active; retirement not before 1 Dec 2026; no exact shutdown date announced	—	—
gemini-2.5-pro-preview-tts	active; retirement not before 18 Dec 2026; no exact shutdown date announced	gemini-3.8-flash-tts or gemini-3.8-flash-lite-tts	—
gemini-3.1-flash-lite	active; retirement not before 7 May 2027; no exact shutdown date announced	gemini-3.5-flash-lite	—
gemini-3.1-flash-tts-preview	active; retirement not before 18 Dec 2026; no exact shutdown date announced	gemini-3.8-flash-tts or gemini-3.8-flash-lite-tts	—
gemini-embedding-001	active; retirement not before 14 May 2028; no exact shutdown date announced	gemini-embedding-2	—
gemini-omni-1.1-flash	active; retirement not before 3 Dec 2026; no exact shutdown date announced	gemini-omni-1.2-flash (Effective December 3, 2026, the endpoint is	—

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Status: Active · retires not before 1 Dec 2026 → Active
8 Nov 2026

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8 Nov 2026 · 16:51:37 UTC Earliest possible retirement1 Dec 2026
8 Nov 2026 · 16:51:37 UTC StatusActive · retires not before 1 Dec 2026 → Active
8 Nov 2026 · 16:51:37 UTC SummaryGoogle Gemini gemini-2.5-flash is deprecated, with no retirement date announced. → Google Gemini gemini-2.5-flash: active; retirement not before 1 Dec 2026; no exact shutdown date announced.