textembedding004442-day spread between published datesThe same model carries different published dates by route. Use the date for the route you call; Radar does not reconcile them.
Google model deprecations
As of Oct 17, 2026, Google has 31 upcoming dated retirements and 62 past across its first-party API and the partner routes in the feed. The next is gemini-2.5-flash on Vertex AI on Oct 20, 2026.
- Dated notices tracked
- 93
- Upcoming
- 31
- Past
- 62
- Route divergences
- 3
Last verified
Google’s published deprecation schedule, across its first-party API and every partner platform it ships on. Every row keeps its own receipt.
Notice policy
No stated minimum
Google publishes an earliest possible retirement date per model and communicates the exact date later, without naming a minimum notice period.
53 of these dates come from Google’s own page; 38 are published by Vertex AI for Google models it hosts; 2 are published by Cloudflare Workers AI for Google models it hosts.
Google publishes forward-looking retirement dates ahead of the notice window.
Read Google’s policyUpcoming retirements
31 dated retirements, soonest first.
| Model | Route | Retirement date | Announced / observed | Replacement | Receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gemini-2.5-flash | Vertex AI | October 20, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 31, 2026 | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite or Gemini 3.1 Flash-LiteProvider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
gemini-2.5-flash-lite | Vertex AI | October 20, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 31, 2026 | Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite or Gemma 4Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
gemini-2.5-pro | Vertex AI | October 20, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 31, 2026 | Gemini 3.5 Flash Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
gemini-omni-flash-preview | First party | No sooner than October 22, 2026May retire from this date | First observed by Radar October 6, 2026 | gemini-omni-1.1-flashProvider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
veo-3.1-fast-generate-preview | First party | No sooner than October 22, 2026May retire from this date | First observed by Radar September 30, 2026 | gemini-omni-1.1-flashProvider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
veo-3.1-generate-preview | First party | No sooner than October 22, 2026May retire from this date | First observed by Radar September 30, 2026 | gemini-omni-1.1-flashProvider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
veo-3.1-lite-generate-preview | First party | No sooner than October 22, 2026May retire from this date | First observed by Radar September 30, 2026 | gemini-omni-1.1-flashProvider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
gemini-3.1-flash-image | First party | No sooner than October 29, 2026May retire from this date | First observed by Radar October 6, 2026 | gemini-nano-banana-2.1Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-preview-12-2025 | First party | No sooner than November 17, 2026May retire from this date | First observed by Radar October 6, 2026 | gemini-3.8-live Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
gemini-2.5-flash-preview-tts | First party | No sooner than November 17, 2026May retire from this date | First observed by Radar October 6, 2026 | gemini-3.8-flash-tts or gemini-3.8-flash-lite-ttsProvider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
gemini-2.5-pro-preview-tts | First party | No sooner than November 17, 2026May retire from this date | First observed by Radar October 6, 2026 | gemini-3.8-flash-tts or gemini-3.8-flash-lite-ttsProvider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
gemini-3.1-flash-live-preview | First party | No sooner than November 17, 2026May retire from this date | First observed by Radar October 6, 2026 | gemini-3.8-live Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
gemini-3.1-flash-tts-preview | First party | No sooner than November 17, 2026May retire from this date | First observed by Radar October 6, 2026 | gemini-3.8-flash-tts or gemini-3.8-flash-lite-ttsProvider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
veo-3.1-fast-generate-001 | Vertex AI | No sooner than November 17, 2026May retire from this date | First observed by Radar August 31, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
veo-3.1-generate-001 | Vertex AI | No sooner than November 17, 2026May retire from this date | First observed by Radar August 31, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
gemini-live-2.5-flash-native-audio | Vertex AI | December 13, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 31, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
gemini-2.5-flash-image | First party | No sooner than March 15, 2027May retire from this date | First observed by Radar October 6, 2026 | gemini-3.1-flash-lite-imageProvider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
gemini-2.5-flash-image | Vertex AI | March 15, 2027 | First observed by Radar September 17, 2026 | Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite ImageProvider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
multimodalembedding@001 | Vertex AI | April 1, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 31, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
text-embedding-004 | Vertex AI | April 1, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 31, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
text-embedding-005 | Vertex AI | April 1, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 31, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
text-multilingual-embedding-002 | Vertex AI | April 1, 2027 | First observed by Radar August 31, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
gemini-3.1-flash-lite | First party | No sooner than May 7, 2027May retire from this date | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | gemini-3.5-flash-lite Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
gemini-3.1-flash-lite | Vertex AI | No sooner than May 7, 2027May retire from this date | First observed by Radar August 31, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
gemini-3.5-flash | Vertex AI | No sooner than May 19, 2027May retire from this date | First observed by Radar August 31, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
gemini-3-pro-image | Vertex AI | No sooner than May 28, 2027May retire from this date | First observed by Radar August 31, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
gemini-3.1-flash-image | Vertex AI | No sooner than May 28, 2027May retire from this date | First observed by Radar August 31, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image | Vertex AI | No sooner than June 28, 2027May retire from this date | First observed by Radar September 17, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
gemini-3.5-flash-lite | Vertex AI | No sooner than July 21, 2027May retire from this date | First observed by Radar August 31, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
gemini-embedding-001 | First party | No sooner than May 14, 2028May retire from this date | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | gemini-embedding-2Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
gemini-embedding-001 | Vertex AI | No sooner than May 20, 2028May retire from this date | First observed by Radar August 31, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
Past retirements
62 dated retirements, most recent first.
| Model | Route | Retirement date | Announced / observed | Replacement | Receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gemini-robotics-er-1.6-preview | First party | No sooner than August 31, 2026May retire from this date | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | gemini-robotics-er-2-previewProvider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
imagen-4.0-fast-generate-001 | First party | No sooner than August 17, 2026May retire from this date | First observed by Radar October 6, 2026 | gemini-nano-banana-2.1Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
imagen-4.0-generate-001 | First party | No sooner than August 17, 2026May retire from this date | First observed by Radar October 6, 2026 | gemini-nano-banana-2.1Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
imagen-4.0-ultra-generate-001 | First party | No sooner than August 17, 2026May retire from this date | First observed by Radar October 6, 2026 | gemini-nano-banana-2.1Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
embedding-2-preview | First party | No sooner than August 10, 2026May retire from this date | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | gemini-embedding-2Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
gemini-2.5-computer-use-preview-10-2025 | First party | No sooner than July 28, 2026May retire from this date | First observed by Radar October 1, 2026 | gemini-3.8-flash Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
veo-2.0-generate-001 | Vertex AI | June 30, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | veo-3.1-generate-001Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
veo-2.0-generate-001 | First party | No sooner than June 30, 2026May retire from this date | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | veo-3.1-generate-previewor the GA models on the Gemini Enterprise Agent PlatformProvider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
veo-3.0-fast-generate-001 | Vertex AI | June 30, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 31, 2026 | veo-3.1-fast-generate-001Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
veo-3.0-fast-generate-001 | First party | No sooner than June 30, 2026May retire from this date | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | veo-3.1-fast-generate-previewor the GA models on the Gemini Enterprise Agent PlatformProvider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
veo-3.0-generate-001 | Vertex AI | June 30, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 31, 2026 | veo-3.1-generate-001Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
veo-3.0-generate-001 | First party | No sooner than June 30, 2026May retire from this date | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | veo-3.1-generate-previewor the GA models on the Gemini Enterprise Agent PlatformProvider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
gemini-3-pro-image-preview | First party | No sooner than June 25, 2026May retire from this date | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | gemini-3-pro-imageProvider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview | First party | No sooner than June 25, 2026May retire from this date | First observed by Radar October 6, 2026 | gemini-nano-banana-2.1Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
gemini-2.0-flash | Vertex AI | June 1, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 31, 2026 | gemini-3.1-flash-lite Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
gemini-2.0-flash | First party | No sooner than June 1, 2026May retire from this date | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | gemini-3.6-flash Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
gemini-2.0-flash-001 | First party | No sooner than June 1, 2026May retire from this date | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | gemini-3.6-flash Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
gemini-2.0-flash-lite | First party | No sooner than June 1, 2026May retire from this date | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | gemini-3.1-flash-lite Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
gemini-2.0-flash-lite | Vertex AI | June 1, 2026 | First observed by Radar August 31, 2026 | gemini-3.1-flash-lite Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
gemini-2.0-flash-lite-001 | First party | No sooner than June 1, 2026May retire from this date | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | gemini-3.1-flash-lite Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
@cf/google/gemma-3-12b-it | Cloudflare Workers AI | May 30, 2026 | Announced May 8, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
@hf/google/gemma-7b-it | Cloudflare Workers AI | May 30, 2026 | Announced May 8, 2026 | No published replacement | Receipt |
gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview | First party | No sooner than May 25, 2026May retire from this date | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | gemini-3.1-flash-lite Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
gemini-robotics-er-1.5-preview | First party | No sooner than April 30, 2026May retire from this date | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | gemini-robotics-er-1.6-previewProvider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
gemini-2.5-flash-lite-preview-09-2025 | First party | No sooner than March 31, 2026May retire from this date | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | gemini-3.1-flash-lite Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
gemini-3-pro-preview | First party | No sooner than March 9, 2026May retire from this date | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | gemini-3.1-pro-previewProvider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
gemini-2.5-flash-preview-09-25 | First party | No sooner than February 17, 2026May retire from this date | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | gemini-3.6-flash Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
imagen-4.0-generate-preview-06-06 | First party | No sooner than February 17, 2026May retire from this date | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | imagen-4.0-generate-001Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
imagen-4.0-ultra-generate-preview-06-06 | First party | No sooner than February 17, 2026May retire from this date | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | imagen-4.0-ultra-generate-001Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview | First party | No sooner than January 15, 2026May retire from this date | First observed by Radar October 6, 2026 | gemini-nano-banana-2.1Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
text-embedding-004 | First party | No sooner than January 14, 2026May retire from this date | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | gemini-embedding-2Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
gemini-2.0-flash-lite-preview | First party | No sooner than December 9, 2025May retire from this date | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | gemini-2.5-flash-lite Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
gemini-2.0-flash-lite-preview-02-05 | First party | No sooner than December 9, 2025May retire from this date | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | gemini-2.5-flash-lite Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
gemini-2.0-flash-live-001 | First party | No sooner than December 9, 2025May retire from this date | First observed by Radar September 15, 2026 | gemini-3.8-live Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
gemini-live-2.5-flash-preview | First party | No sooner than December 9, 2025May retire from this date | First observed by Radar September 15, 2026 | gemini-3.8-live Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
gemini-2.5-pro-preview-03-25 | First party | No sooner than December 2, 2025May retire from this date | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | gemini-3.1-pro-previewProvider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
gemini-2.5-pro-preview-05-06 | First party | No sooner than December 2, 2025May retire from this date | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | gemini-3.1-pro-previewProvider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
gemini-2.5-pro-preview-06-05 | First party | No sooner than December 2, 2025May retire from this date | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | gemini-3.1-pro-previewProvider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
gemini-2.5-flash-preview-05-20 | First party | No sooner than November 18, 2025May retire from this date | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | gemini-3.6-flash Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
gemini-2.0-flash-preview-image-generation | First party | No sooner than November 14, 2025May retire from this date | First observed by Radar October 6, 2026 | gemini-nano-banana-2.1Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
veo-3.0-fast-generate-preview | First party | No sooner than November 12, 2025May retire from this date | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | veo-3.1-fast-generate-previewProvider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
veo-3.0-generate-preview | First party | No sooner than November 12, 2025May retire from this date | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | veo-3.1-generate-previewProvider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
imagen-3.0-generate-002 | First party | No sooner than November 10, 2025May retire from this date | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | imagen-4.0-generate-001Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
embedding-001 | First party | No sooner than October 30, 2025May retire from this date | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | gemini-embedding-2Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
embedding-gecko-001 | First party | No sooner than October 30, 2025May retire from this date | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | gemini-embedding-2Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
gemini-embedding-exp | First party | No sooner than October 30, 2025May retire from this date | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | gemini-embedding-2Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
gemini-embedding-exp-03-07 | First party | No sooner than October 30, 2025May retire from this date | First observed by Radar August 26, 2026 | gemini-embedding-2Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
gemini-1.5-flash-002 | Vertex AI | September 24, 2025 | First observed by Radar August 31, 2026 | gemini-2.5-flash-lite Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
gemini-1.5-pro-002 | Vertex AI | September 24, 2025 | First observed by Radar August 31, 2026 | gemini-2.5-flash Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
imagetext | Vertex AI | September 24, 2025 | First observed by Radar August 31, 2026 | gemini-2.5-flash-imageProvider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
gemini-1.5-flash-001 | Vertex AI | May 24, 2025 | First observed by Radar August 31, 2026 | gemini-2.5-flash-lite Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
gemini-1.5-pro-001 | Vertex AI | May 24, 2025 | First observed by Radar August 31, 2026 | gemini-2.5-flash Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
textembedding-gecko-multilingual@001 | Vertex AI | May 24, 2025 | First observed by Radar August 31, 2026 | gemini-embedding-001Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
textembedding-gecko@003 | Vertex AI | May 24, 2025 | First observed by Radar September 29, 2026 | gemini-embedding-001Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
chat-bison | Vertex AI | April 21, 2025 | First observed by Radar August 31, 2026 | gemini-2.5-flash-lite Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
code-gecko | Vertex AI | April 21, 2025 | First observed by Radar August 31, 2026 | gemini-2.5-flash-lite Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
gemini-1.0-pro-001 | Vertex AI | April 21, 2025 | First observed by Radar August 31, 2026 | gemini-2.5-flash Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
gemini-1.0-pro-002 | Vertex AI | April 21, 2025 | First observed by Radar August 31, 2026 | gemini-2.5-flash Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
gemini-1.0-pro-vision-001 | Vertex AI | April 21, 2025 | First observed by Radar August 31, 2026 | gemini-2.5-flash Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
text-bison | Vertex AI | April 21, 2025 | First observed by Radar August 31, 2026 | gemini-2.5-flash-lite Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
textembedding-gecko@001 | Vertex AI | April 21, 2025 | First observed by Radar August 31, 2026 | gemini-embedding-001Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
textembedding-gecko@002 | Vertex AI | April 21, 2025 | First observed by Radar August 31, 2026 | gemini-embedding-001Provider-named replacement; equivalence is not asserted. | Receipt |
When the same model retires on different dates
The same model can carry a different published retirement date on each route it ships on. These 3 models on this page have a documented, dated gap between routes, largest spread first. Radar does not reconcile the dates — use the one for the route you actually call.
gemini31flashimage211-day spread between published dates- Google · first partyNo sooner than October 29, 2026Source
- Google · Vertex AINo sooner than May 28, 2027Source
The same model carries different published dates by route. Use the date for the route you call; Radar does not reconcile them.
geminiembedding0016-day spread between published dates- Google · first partyNo sooner than May 14, 2028Source
- Google · Vertex AINo sooner than May 20, 2028Source
The same model carries different published dates by route. Use the date for the route you call; Radar does not reconcile them.
Questions
Which Google models are deprecated or being retired?
As of Oct 17, 2026, Google has 31 upcoming dated retirements and 62 past across its first-party API and the partner routes in the feed. The next is gemini-2.5-flash on Vertex AI on Oct 20, 2026. The soonest dated rows: gemini-2.5-flash on Vertex AI on Oct 20, 2026; gemini-2.5-flash-lite on Vertex AI on Oct 20, 2026; gemini-2.5-pro on Vertex AI on Oct 20, 2026. Every row in the tables above carries its own source receipt.
When is the next Google model retirement?
gemini-2.5-flash on Vertex AI on Oct 20, 2026, as published in the source linked on that row. Dates marked "no sooner than" are floors, not deadlines.
How much notice does Google give before retiring a model?
Google does not publish a blanket minimum-notice period.
What does a "no sooner than" date mean?
It’s a floor, not a deadline. Some providers publish only the earliest possible shutdown date for a model, with the final date to be confirmed later. Treat it as "this won’t happen before this date," not as the date itself.
What’s the difference between "Announced" and "First observed by Radar"?
"Announced" is the date the provider itself published the notice — it only appears on a row when the provider discloses one. "First observed by Radar" is Radar’s own collection timestamp, the date its pipeline first saw the source; it is never presented as the provider’s own announcement date.
Does this page cover Google models hosted on partner platforms?
Yes. This page lists every dated retirement notice observed for Google, spanning its own first-party API and every partner platform it ships on. Each row’s Route column shows which one a given date applies to.