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Gemini 2.5 models extended indefinitely for aactive users

Google limited Gemini 2.5 model access in its API on September 18, 2026 to users who have actively used the models in the past, stating the 2.5 models are not deprecated and will continue to be served until further notice, while directing new projects to Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite or Gemini 3.8 Flash. The same update log records the September 17, 2026 release of the antigravity-preview-09-2026 agent, which deprecates antigravity-preview-05-2026 and changes built-in tool parameters to PascalCase and file edits to line-range replacements, with the older agent shutting down on October 5, 2026. Google also made Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking generally available on September 15, 2026, Lyria 3.5 generally available on September 3, 2026, and Gemini 3.8 Flash generally available on September 2, 2026.

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Gemini 2.5 models extended indefinitely for aactive users
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This page documents updates to the Gemini API.

September 18, 2026 #

  • Gemini 2.5 models access update : To ensure reliable performance for everyone, we are limiting access to the 2.5 models to users who have actively used them in the past. These models are not deprecated and will continue to be served until further notice through the API. For any new projects, use our latest models: 3.5 Flash-Lite or 3.8 Flash. This helps us maintain sufficient capacity for both ongoing legacy workflows and

new applications.

September 17, 2026 #

  • Antigravity Agent 09-2026 : Releasedantigravity-preview-09-2026 , which replaces and deprecatesantigravity-preview-05-2026 .If you run on a remote sandbox ( environment: "remote" ) and read onlyoutput_text ormodel_output steps, update the agent string and nothing else changes.If you run tools locally ( local_environment ) or parsefunction_call steps, the built-in tools changed. Parameters use PascalCase instead of snake_case, and file edits use line-range replacements instead of full rewrites.Capability 05-2026 09-2026 File creation write_file(path, content)`` write_to_file(TargetFile, CodeContent, Overwrite, Description)File editing write_file(path, content) , full rewritereplace_file_content(TargetFile, StartLine, EndLine, TargetContent, ReplacementContent)File reading read_file(path, offset, limit) , byte offsetsview_file(AbsolutePath, StartLine, EndLine, ContentOffset) Directory listing list_files(path)`` list_dir(DirectoryPath)File and code search None, agents used shell commands find_by_name(SearchDirectory, Pattern, MaxDepth) andgrep_search(SearchPath, Query, IsRegex) Shell execution code_execution(command, timeout_seconds) Unchanged Web search google_search(queries) Unchanged See the Antigravity Agent guide.antigravity-preview-05-2026 shuts down on October 5, 2026, tracked on thedeprecations page.

September 15, 2026 #

  • Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking generally available (GA) : Released two new audio-to-audio models for real-time voice applications using the Live API:
  - **Gemini 3.8 Live** ([`gemini-3.8-live`](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-3.8-live) ): The default option
for most low-latency voice agent experiences and real-time dialogue

without reasoning delays. Features interleaved reasoning, default asynchronous function calling, and full session client content updates.

September 3, 2026 #

  • Lyria 3.5 generally available (GA) : Released the next generation of Google's music generation model:
    • lyria-3.5 : Full-length song generation with improved musical coherence, natural vocals, and fine-grained duration and structural control. The model supports text and image inputs and generates high-fidelity 44.1 kHz stereo audio. See the Music generation guide for details and code samples.

September 2, 2026 #

  • Gemini 3.8 Flash generally available (GA) : Releasedgemini-3.8-flash , our most intelligent Flash model, engineered for long-horizon software engineering, autonomous agents, and complex enterprise
workflows.To get started, see the [Gemini 3.8 Flash](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-3.8-flash) model page and
the[Latest model guide](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/latest-model) .

September 1, 2026 #

  • Agentic video understanding : Released agentic video understanding for Gemini 3.7 Flash, 3.6 Flash, and 3.5 Flash-Lite across the Interactions and GenerateContent APIs. The model dynamically navigates video timelines, requesting transcripts, frames, or audio tracks on demand. This approach uses up to 88% fewer tokens for long-form content compared to static processing.To get started, see the Agentic video understanding guide.

August 27, 2026 #

  • Gemini Omni Flash generally available (GA) : Releasedgemini-omni-1.1-flash , the GA version of our fast, conversational video generation and editing model. This release includes significant new capabilities:
    • Video extension : Seamlessly extend existing videos by generating continuations at the end of a clip using theextend task or directly with a prompt.
    • Interpolation (first + last frame) : Generate a video transitioning between two images using theimage_to_video task with up to 2 images.
    • Resolution control : Newresolution parameter invideo_config supports360p ,720p (default),1080p , and4k outputs. 1080p and 4K outputs are generated using upscaling. The existing gemini-omni-flash-preview endpoint will be deprecated on
September 30, 2026.To get started, see the [Gemini Omni Flash](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-omni-flash) model page
and the[omni guide](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/omni) .

August 26, 2026 #

  • Gemini 3.5 Transcribe generally available (GA) : Released two dedicated speech-to-text models based on Gemini's audio understanding:
  - **Gemini 3.5 Transcribe** (`gemini-3.5-transcribe` ): High-accuracy,
low-latency non-streaming speech-to-text with utterance-based language

detection across 85+ languages, speaker diarization, word-level timestamps, and custom vocabulary biasing (up to 1,000 terms).

  • Gemini 3.5 Transcribe Live (gemini-3.5-transcribe-live ): Low-latency, bidirectional streaming speech-to-text over WebSockets using the Live API, supporting interim and finalized transcription events, Smart transcription mode, and multiple Voice Activity Detection (VAD) strategies. To get started, see the Audio transcription guide , theLive transcription guide , and theGemini 3.5 Transcribe model page .

August 13, 2026 #

  • Gemini 3.7 Flash generally available (GA) : Released our most intelligent workhorse model yet for coding and agents:
    • Gemini 3.7 Flash (gemini-3.7-flash ): Substantial improvements across software engineering, web development, and agentic workflows, available at an introductory price through December 31, 2026.
 To get started, see the [Gemini 3.7 Flash](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-3.7-flash) model page
and the[Latest model guide](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/latest-model) .

July 30, 2026 #

  • Gemini Robotics ER 2 in public preview : Released two new embodied reasoning model endpoints for robotics:
    • gemini-robotics-er-2-preview : Advanced spatial reasoning, agentic code execution, multi-step tool orchestration, video moment finding, progress classification, and multi-robot coordination.
    • gemini-robotics-er-2-streaming-preview : Optimized for real-time text streaming using the Live API, enabling low-latency robot agents with bidirectional audio and video input. Both model endpoints accept text, image, video, and audio inputs and support function calling with blocking behavior for physical robot actions. To get started, see the Gemini Robotics ER overview . For
real-time streaming use cases, see[Robotics with streaming](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/robotics-streaming) .
- **Deprecation announcement** : The`gemini-robotics-er-1.6-preview` model
will be[shut down](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations) on August 31, 2026.

July 21, 2026 #

  • Gemini 3.6 Flash and Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite generally available (GA) : Released stable, production-ready versions of our latest 3.x Flash models:
    • Gemini 3.6 Flash (gemini-3.6-flash ): Features improved token efficiency and code/agentic planning capabilities at a lower price point than 3.5 Flash, resolving developer feedback around output verbosity.
    • Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite (gemini-3.5-flash-lite ): Offers a low-latency, highly cost-effective subagent option designed for high-volume automation. To learn more, see the Latest Gemini model guide.
  • Deprecated parameters : The sampling parameterstemperature ,top_p andtop_k are now deprecated. See theLatest Gemini Model for details.

July 6, 2026 #

  • Developer logs support for the Interactions API: logs for supported Interactions API calls are now viewable

in theAI Studio dashboard .

June 30, 2026 #

  • Gemini Omni Flash in public preview : Releasedgemini-omni-flash-preview , a high-performance multimodal model designed for high-speed video generation and conversational video editing. Using theInteractions API , you can generate 3–10 second videos at 720p from text descriptions or animate still images, and then conversationally edit and refine the outputs. To get started, see theGemini Omni Flash guide and theGemini Omni Flash model card.
- Released `gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image` (Nano Banana 2 Lite) to general
availability (GA), our built-in multimodal model optimized for ultra-low

latency and cost-effective image generation and editing. See the[Gemini 3.1

Flash Lite Image](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image) model
card and the[Image generation](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/image-generation) guide.

June 24, 2026 #

  • Computer Use : Launched public preview support for theComputer Use tool in Gemini 3.5 Flash. This release includes simplified actions with intents, built-in support for browser, mobile, and desktop environments, configurable safety policies, and advanced prompt injection detection.

June 17, 2026 #

  • Streaming support for speech generation : Streaming viastreamGenerateContent (andstream: true in the Interactions API) is now supported for thegemini-3.1-flash-tts-preview model. To learn more, see theText-to-Speech guide.

June 15, 2026 #

  • Deprecation announcement : The following image generation models are being deprecated and will beshut down onAugust 17, 2026 :
    • Imagen 4 and Gemini 3 Image models :
    - `imagen-4.0-generate-001`
    - `imagen-4.0-ultra-generate-001`
    - `imagen-4.0-fast-generate-001`

To migrate your code to newer stable or preview endpoints, refer to the Gemini deprecations page.

  • Deprecation announcement : The following video generation models are
being deprecated and will be[shut down](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations) on**June 30, 2026** :
  - **Veo models** :
    - `veo-2.0-generate-001`
    - `veo-3.0-generate-001`
    - `veo-3.0-fast-generate-001`
 Update your integration to either use the Veo 3.1 preview model IDs ( `veo-3.1-generate-preview` ,`veo-3.1-fast-generate-preview` ) or the
3.1 GA models available through the[Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform](https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/models/veo/3-1-generate) to avoid service interruptions.
  • Deprecation announcement : The experimental GMP Contextual View tool (a fixed interface for Grounding with Google Maps outputs) willshut down onJune 15, 2026 :

June 1, 2026 #

- The following Gemini 2.0 models are now [shut down](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations) :
  - `gemini-2.0-flash`
  - `gemini-2.0-flash-001`
  - `gemini-2.0-flash-lite`
  - `gemini-2.0-flash-lite-001`
 Use [`gemini-3.5-flash`](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-3.5-flash) or[` gemini-3.1-flash-lite`](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-3.1-flash-lite) instead.

May 28, 2026 #

- Released `gemini-3.1-flash-image` (Nano Banana 2) and`gemini-3-pro-image` (Nano Banana Pro), the generally available (GA) versions of our native
visual models,[Gemini 3.1 Flash Image](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-3.1-flash-image) and[Gemini 3 Pro Image](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-3-pro-image) .
- **Video-to-image generation support** : You can now pass a video file (via

direct upload or as a public YouTube URL) as multimodal context alongside a text prompt to generate high-quality thumbnails, cinematic movie posters, or summary infographics. This feature is supported exclusively on thegemini-3.1-flash-image model. To learn more, see theVideo-to-image generation guide.

- Deprecation announcement: The `gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview` and`gemini-3-pro-image-preview` models are deprecated
and will be[shut down](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations) on June 25, 2026.

May 25, 2026 #

May 19, 2026 #

  • Released gemini-3.5-flash , the generally available (GA) version ofGemini 3.5 Flash , our most intelligent model for sustained frontier performance on agentic and coding tasks. This is now the model behindgemini-flash-latest .
  • Launched the Managed Agents in the Gemini API in public preview. This enables developers to build and deploy autonomous, stateful agents that run in secure, isolated Google-hosted Linux sandbox environments. To learn more,
see the[Agents overview](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/agents) page and the[Quickstart](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/managed-agents-quickstart) .
- Released the general-purpose **Antigravity Agent** managed agent,[`antigravity-preview-05-2026`](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/antigravity-preview-05-2026) , in public preview.

The Antigravity agent can autonomously plan, reason, write and execute code, manage files, and browse the web inside its sandbox container. See theAntigravity Agent guide for code samples and specifications.

May 7, 2026 #

  • Released gemini-3.1-flash-lite , the generally available (GA) version ofGemini 3.1 Flash-Lite , optimized for speed, scale, and cost efficiency.
- Deprecation announcement: The `gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview` model is
deprecating on 5/11/26 and will be[shut down](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations) on May 25, 2026.

May 6, 2026 #

  • Upcoming breaking change : TheInteractions API request and response schema (outputs →steps ) and output format configuration (response_format ) are changing. The new schema becomes the default onMay 26 and the legacy schema will be removed onJune 8 .

See themigration guide for details.

May 5, 2026 #

  • Updated File Search to support multimodal search. You can now natively embed and search through images using thegemini-embedding-2 model. Grounding metadata now includesmedia_id for visual citations andpage_numbers that indicate where information is found. To learn

more, see theFile Search guide.

May 4, 2026 #

  • Launched event-driven Webhooks support in the Gemini API to replace polling workflows for the Batch API and long-running operations.

April 30, 2026 #

April 22, 2026 #

- Released `gemini-embedding-2` as generally available
(GA). To learn more, see the[Embeddings](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/embeddings) page.

April 21, 2026 #

April 15, 2026 #

- Launched [Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS Preview](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-3.1-flash-tts-preview) , our cost-efficient,
expressive, and steerable text to speech model. Read the[Text-to-Speech](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/speech-generation) docs to learn more.

April 14, 2026 #

  • Released gemini-robotics-er-1.6-preview , our updated robotics model. It now has new capabilities like instrument reading, improved spatial and physical reasoning capabilities. To learn more, seeGemini Robotics ER page and theblog .
- Deprecation announcement: The `gemini-robotics-er-1.5-preview` model
will be[shut down](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations) on April 30, 2026 at 9AM

PST.

April 2, 2026 #

- Released `gemma-4-26b-a4b-it` and`gemma-4-31b-it` , available on[AI Studio](https://aistudio.google.com) and through the Gemini API,
as part of the[Gemma 4](https://ai.google.dev/gemma/docs/core) launch.

April 1, 2026 #

- Introduced the new [Flex](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/flex-inference) and[Priority](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/priority-inference) inference tiers, offering more options
for optimizing cost or latency.

March 31, 2026 #

- Launched Veo 3.1 Lite Preview, [`veo-3.1-lite-generate-preview`](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/veo-3.1-lite-generate-preview) , our most
cost-efficient[video generation](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/video) model, designed
for rapid iteration and building high-volume applications.
- The `gemini-2.5-flash-lite-preview-09-2025` model has been shut down. Use[`gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview`](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview) instead.

March 26, 2026 #

- Released [`gemini-3.1-flash-live-preview`](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-3.1-flash-live-preview) , the latest
audio-to-audio (A2A) model designed for real-time dialogue and voice-first
AI applications. Read the[Live API](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/live-api) docs to get

started.

March 25, 2026 #

March 23, 2026 #

March 18, 2026 #

March 16, 2026 #

March 12, 2026 #

March 10, 2026 #

  • Released gemini-embedding-2-preview , our first multimodal embedding model. It supports text, image, video, audio, and PDF inputs, mapping all modalities into a unified embedding space. To learn more, seeEmbeddings .
- Deprecation announcement: The `gemini-2.5-flash-lite-preview-09-2025` model
will be[shut down](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations) on March 31, 2026.

March 9, 2026 #

March 3, 2026 #

  • Launched Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Preview, the first Flash-Lite model in the Gemini 3 series. Read the model page for specs, specific updates, and developer guidance.

February 26, 2026 #

- Deprecation announcement: Gemini 3 Pro Preview ( `gemini-3-pro-preview` )
will be[shut down](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations) March 9, 2026.

February 19, 2026 #

  • Released Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview , our latest iteration in the new Gemini 3 series family.
  • Launched a separate endpoint gemini-3.1-pro-preview-customtools , which is better at prioritizing custom tools, for users building with a mix of bash and tools.

February 18, 2026 #

- Deprecation announcement: The following models will be [shut down](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations) June 1, 2026:
  - `gemini-2.0-flash`
  - `gemini-2.0-flash-001`
  - `gemini-2.0-flash-lite`
  - `gemini-2.0-flash-lite-001`

February 17, 2026 #

- The following models are [shut down](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations) :
  - `gemini-2.5-flash-preview-09-25`
  - `imagen-4.0-generate-preview-06-06`
  - `imagen-4.0-ultra-generate-preview-06-06`

January 29, 2026 #

  • Launched support for the Computer Use tool in gemini-3-pro-preview andgemini-3-flash-preview .

January 21, 2026 #

- Changed the `latest` aliases:
  - `gemini-pro-latest` switched to`gemini-3-pro-preview`
  - `gemini-flash-latest` switched to`gemini-3-flash-preview`

January 15, 2026 #

- Deprecation announcement: The following models will be [shut down](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations) February 17, 2026:
  - `gemini-2.5-flash-preview-09-25`
  - `imagen-4.0-generate-preview-06-06`
  - `imagen-4.0-ultra-generate-preview-06-06`
- The `gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview` model has been shut down.

January 14, 2026 #

  • The text-embedding-004 model has beenshut down .

January 13, 2026 #

  • Added 4k output resolutions for Veo and more support for portrait videos in all resolutions.

January 12, 2026 #

  • Launched model lifecycle feature. Some models will now specify the lifecycle stage and deprecation timeline. See the following documentation for more information:

January 8, 2026 #

  • Launched support for Cloud Storage buckets and any public and private DB pre-signed URL as data input source for the Gemini API. The file size limit has also increased from 20MB to 100MB. For details, see [File input methods

guide](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/file-input-methods) .

December 19, 2025 #

  • Introduced a breaking change to the Interactions API in v1beta. The total_reasoning_tokens field has been renamed tototal_thought_tokens to better align with the concept of "thoughts" in thinking models.

December 17, 2025 #

  • Launched Gemini 3 Flash Preview, gemini-3-flash-preview , delivering fast frontier-class performance that rivals larger models at a fraction of the cost. With upgraded visual and spatial reasoning, and agentic coding capabilities. Read the documentation on some new features, including:

December 12, 2025 #

  • Released gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-preview-12-2025 , a new native audio model for the Live API. This update improves the model's ability to handle complex workflows. To learn more, see theLive API guide andGemini 2.5 Flash Native Audio .

December 11, 2025 #

  • Launched the Interactions API. This API provides a unified interface for interacting with Gemini models and agents. To learn more, see the Interactions API guide.
  • Launched the Gemini Deep Research agent in preview. It can autonomously plan, execute, and synthesize results for multi-step research tasks. See the Deep Research guide for details.

December 10, 2025 #

  • Launched enhancements to our text-to-speech models , Gemini 2.5 Flash TTS preview (optimized for low latency) and Gemini 2.5 Pro TTS preview (optimized for quality), including enhanced expressivity, precision pacing, and seamless dialogue.

December 9, 2025 #

  • The following Gemini Live API models are now shut down:
  - `gemini-2.0-flash-live-001`
  - `gemini-live-2.5-flash-preview`

December 5, 2025 #

December 4, 2025 #

  • Deprecation announcement: The gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview model will be shut down January 15, 2026.

December 3, 2025 #

  • Deprecation announcement: The text-embedding-004 model will be shut down January 14, 2026.

November 20, 2025 #

  • Released Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview, gemini-3-pro-image-preview , the next iteration to the Nano Banana model. Read theImage generation page for more details.

November 18, 2025 #

  • Launched the first Gemini 3 series model, gemini-3-pro-preview , our state-of-the-art reasoning and multimodal understanding model with powerful agentic and coding capabilities.In addition to improvements in intelligence and performance, Gemini 3 Pro Preview introduces new behavior around: Read the Gemini 3 Developer Guide for migration, new features, and specs.

November 11, 2025 #

  • 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-image-generation`
    - `gemini-2.0-flash-preview-image-generation`

November 10, 2025 #

- The following model is shut down: 
  - `imagen-3.0-generate-002`
 Use [Imagen 4](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/imagen#imagen-4) instead. Refer to the[Gemini deprecations table](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations) for more details.

November 6, 2025 #

  • Launched the File Search API to public preview, enabling developers to

ground responses in their own data. Read the new File Search page for more info.

November 4, 2025 #

  • For Gemini 2.5 Flash Image , the input token count for images has been reduced from 1290 to 258, lowering the cost of image editing.
  • Deprecation announcement: The following models will be shut down:
  - November 18th: 
    - `gemini-2.5-flash-lite-preview-06-17`
    - `gemini-2.5-flash-preview-05-20`
  - December 2nd: 
    - `gemini-2.0-flash-thinking-exp`
    - `gemini-2.0-flash-thinking-exp-01-21`
    - `gemini-2.0-flash-thinking-exp-1219`
    - `gemini-2.5-pro-preview-03-25`
    - `gemini-2.5-pro-preview-05-06`
    - `gemini-2.5-pro-preview-06-05`
  - December 9th: 
    - `gemini-2.0-flash-lite-preview`
    - `gemini-2.0-flash-lite-preview-02-05`
    - `gemini-2.0-flash-exp`
    - `gemini-2.0-pro-exp`
    - `gemini-2.0-pro-exp-02-05`

October 29, 2025 #

- Launched the new [logging and datasets](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/logs-datasets) tool
for the Gemini API.

October 20, 2025 #

  • The following Gemini Live API models are now shut down:
  - `gemini-2.5-flash-preview-native-audio-dialog`
  - `gemini-2.5-flash-exp-native-audio-thinking-dialog`
 You can use `gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-preview-09-2025` instead.
- Deprecation announcement: Shut down for `gemini-2.0-flash-live-001` and`gemini-live-2.5-flash-preview` coming December 09, 2025.

October 17, 2025 #

October 15, 2025 #

- Released [Veo 3.1 and 3.1 Fast](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/video#veo-3.1) models in
public preview, with new features including:
  - Extending Veo-created videos.

  • Referencing up to three images to generate a video.

  • Providing first and last frame images to generate videos from. This launch also added more options for Veo 3 output video durations: 4, 6, and 8 seconds.

  • Deprecation announcement: Shut down for veo-3.0-generate-preview andveo-3.0-fast-generate-preview coming November 12, 2025.

October 7, 2025 #

October 2, 2025 #

September 29, 2025 #

  • The following Gemini 1.5 models are now shut down:
  - `gemini-1.5-pro`
  - `gemini-1.5-flash-8b`
  - `gemini-1.5-flash`

September 25, 2025 #

  • Released Gemini Robotics ER 1.5 model in preview. See the Robotics overview to learn about how to use the model for your robotics application.
- Launched following preview models: 
  - `gemini-2.5-flash-preview-09-2025`
  - `gemini-2.5-flash-lite-preview-09-2025`
 See the [Models](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models) page for details.

September 23, 2025 #

  • Released gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-preview-09-2025 , a new native audio model for the Live API with improved function calling and speech cut off handling. To learn more, see theLive API guide andGemini 2.5 Flash Native Audio .

September 16, 2025 #

  • Deprecation 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 the [Embeddings](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/embeddings) page for details on the latest embeddings

model.

September 10, 2025 #

  • Released support for the
[Embeddings model in Batch API](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/batch-api#batch-embedding) ,
and added Batch API to the[OpenAI compatibility library](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/openai#batch) for even

easier ways to get started with batch queries.

September 9, 2025 #

  • Launched Veo 3 and Veo 3 Fast GA, with lower pricing and new options for aspect ratios, resolution, and seeding. Read the Veo documentation for more information.

August 26, 2025 #

August 18, 2025 #

  • Released URL context tool to general availability (GA), a tool for providing URLs as additional context to prompts. Support for using URL context with thegemini-2.0-flash model (available during experimental release) will be discontinued in one week.

August 14, 2025 #

  • Released Imagen 4 Ultra, Standard and Fast models as generally available

(GA). To learn more, see the Imagen page.

August 7, 2025 #

  • allow_adult setting in Image to Video generation are now available in

restricted regions. See theVeo page for details.

July 31, 2025 #

  • Launched image-to-video generation for the Veo 3 Preview model.

  • Released Veo 3 Fast Preview model.

  • To learn more about Veo 3, visit the Veo page.

July 22, 2025 #

  • Released gemini-2.5-flash-lite , our fast, low-cost, high-performance Gemini 2.5 model. To learn more, see[Gemini 2.5

Flash-Lite](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models#gemini-2.5-flash-lite) .

July 17, 2025 #

  • Launched veo-3.0-generate-preview , the latest update to Veo introducing video with audio generation. To learn more about Veo 3, visit theVeo page.

  • Increased rate limits for Imagen 4 Standard and Ultra. Visit the Rate limits page for more details.

July 14, 2025 #

  • Released gemini-embedding-001 , the stable version of our

text embedding model. To learn more, seeembeddings . Thegemini-embedding-exp-03-07 model will be deprecated on August 14, 2025.

July 7, 2025 #

  • Launched Gemini API Batch Mode. Batch up requests and send them to process

asynchronously. To learn more, see Batch Mode .

June 26, 2025 #

  • The preview models gemini-2.5-pro-preview-05-06 andgemini-2.5-pro-preview-03-25 are now redirecting to the latest stable versiongemini-2.5-pro .

  • gemini-2.5-pro-exp-03-25 is shut down.

June 24, 2025 #

  • Released Imagen 4 Ultra and Standard Preview models. To learn more, see the

Image generation page.

June 17, 2025 #

  • Released gemini-2.5-pro , the stable version of our most powerful model, now with adaptive thinking. To learn more, seeGemini 2.5 Pro andThinking .gemini-2.5-pro-preview-05-06 will be redirected togemini-2.5-pro on June 26, 2025.
  • Released gemini-2.5-flash , our first stable 2.5 Flash model. To learn
more, see[Gemini 2.5 Flash](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models#gemini-2.5-flash) .`gemini-2.5-flash-preview-04-17` will be deprecated on July 15, 2025.
- Released `gemini-2.5-flash-lite-preview-06-17` , a low-cost, high-performance

Gemini 2.5 model. To learn more, see[Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

Preview](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models#gemini-2.5-flash-lite) .

June 05, 2025 #

  • Released gemini-2.5-pro-preview-06-05 , a new version of our most powerful model, now with adaptive thinking. To learn more, seeGemini 2.5 Pro Preview andThinking .gemini-2.5-pro-preview-05-06 will be redirected togemini-2.5-pro on June 26, 2025.

May 27, 2025 #

  • The last available tuning model, Gemini 1.5 Flash 001, has been shut down. Tuning is no longer supported on any models.

See Fine tuning with the Gemini API .

May 20, 2025 #

API updates:

URL context tool for providing URLs as additional context to prompts. Model updates:

- Released the `lyria-realtime-exp` model, which[generates music](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/music-generation) in real time.
- Released `gemini-2.5-flash-preview-native-audio-dialog` and`gemini-2.5-flash-exp-native-audio-thinking-dialog` ,
new Gemini models for the Live API with native audio output capabilities. To

learn more, see theLive API guide andGemini 2.5 Flash Native Audio .

- Released `gemma-3n-e4b-it` preview, available on[AI Studio](https://aistudio.google.com) and through the Gemini API,
as part of the[Gemma 3n](https://ai.google.dev/gemma/docs/3n) launch.

May 7, 2025 #

  • Released gemini-2.0-flash-preview-image-generation , a preview model for generating and editing images. To learn more, see[Image
generation](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/image-generation) and[Gemini 2.0 Flash Preview Image
Generation](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models#gemini-2.0-flash-preview-image-generation) .

May 6, 2025 #

  • Released gemini-2.5-pro-preview-05-06 , a new version of our most powerful model, with improvements on code and function calling.gemini-2.5-pro-preview-03-25 will automatically point to the new version of the model.

April 17, 2025 #

April 16, 2025 #

  • Launched context caching for

Gemini 2.0 Flash .

April 9, 2025 #

Model updates:

  • Released veo-2.0-generate-001 , a generally available (GA) text- and image-to-video model, capable of generating detailed and artistically
nuanced videos. To learn more, see the[Veo docs](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/video) .
- Released `gemini-2.0-flash-live-001` , a public preview version of the[Live API](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/live) model with billing enabled.
  • Enhanced Session Management and Reliability
    • Session Resumption: Keep sessions alive across temporary network disruptions. The API now supports server-side session state storage (for up to 24 hours) and provides handles (session_resumption) to reconnect and resume where you left off.
    • Longer Sessions via Context Compression: Enable extended interactions beyond previous time limits. Configure context window compression with a sliding window mechanism to automatically manage context length, preventing abrupt terminations due to context limits.
    • Graceful Disconnect Notification: Receive aGoAway server message indicating when a connection is about to close, allowing for graceful handling before termination.
  • More Control over Interaction Dynamics
  • Configurable Voice Activity Detection (VAD): Choose sensitivity levels or disable automatic VAD entirely and use new client events (activityStart ,activityEnd ) for manual turn control.
  • Configurable Interruption Handling: Decide whether user input should interrupt the model's response.
  • Configurable Turn Coverage: Choose whether the API processes all audio and video input continuously or only captures it when the end-user is detected speaking.
  • Configurable Media Resolution: Optimize for quality or token usage by selecting the resolution for input media.
  • Richer Output and Features
  • Expanded Voice & Language Options: Choose from two new voices and 30 new languages for audio output. The output language is now configurable withinspeechConfig .
  • Text Streaming: Receive text responses incrementally as they are generated, enabling faster display to the user.
  • Token Usage Reporting: Gain insights into usage with detailed token counts provided in theusageMetadata field of server messages, broken down by modality and prompt or response phases.

April 4, 2025 #

- Released `gemini-2.5-pro-preview-03-25` , a public preview Gemini 2.5 Pro version
with billing enabled. You can continue to use`gemini-2.5-pro-exp-03-25` on

the free tier.

March 25, 2025 #

  • Released gemini-2.5-pro-exp-03-25 , a public experimental Gemini model with thinking mode always on by default.

To learn more, seeGemini 2.5 Pro Experimental .

March 12, 2025 #

Model updates:

- Launched an experimental [Gemini 2.0 Flash](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/image-generation#gemini) model capable of image generation and editing.
- Released `gemma-3-27b-it` , available on[AI Studio](https://aistudio.google.com) and through the Gemini API,
as part of the[Gemma 3](https://ai.google.dev/gemma/docs/core) launch.

API updates:

  • Added support for YouTube URLs as a media source.
  • Added support for including an

inline video of less than 20MB.

March 11, 2025 #

SDK updates:

  • Released the

Google Gen AI SDK for TypeScript and JavaScript to public preview.

March 7, 2025 #

Model updates:

  • Released gemini-embedding-exp-03-07 , anexperimental Gemini-based embeddings model in public preview.

February 28, 2025 #

API updates:

  • Support for Search as a tool added togemini-2.0-pro-exp-02-05 , an experimental model based on Gemini 2.0 Pro.

February 25, 2025 #

Model updates:

  • Released gemini-2.0-flash-lite , a generally available (GA) version ofGemini 2.0 Flash-Lite , which is optimized for speed, scale, and cost efficiency.

February 19, 2025 #

AI Studio updates:

  • Support for

additional regions (Kosovo, Greenland and Faroe Islands). API updates:

  • Support for

additional regions (Kosovo, Greenland and Faroe Islands).

February 18, 2025 #

Model updates:

  • Gemini 1.0 Pro is no longer supported. For the list of supported models, see

Gemini models .

February 11, 2025 #

API updates:

  • Updates on the

OpenAI libraries compatibility .

February 6, 2025 #

Model updates:

February 5, 2025 #

Model updates:

  • Released gemini-2.0-flash-001 , a generally available (GA) version ofGemini 2.0 Flash that supports text-only output.
- Released `gemini-2.0-pro-exp-02-05` ,
an[experimental](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/experimental-models) public

preview version of Gemini 2.0 Pro.

- Released `gemini-2.0-flash-lite-preview-02-05` , an experimental public
preview[model](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini#gemini-2.0-flash-lite) optimized for cost efficiency.

API updates:

  • Added

file input and graph output support to code execution. SDK updates:

  • Released the

Google Gen AI SDK for Python to general availability (GA).

January 21, 2025 #

Model updates:

- Released `gemini-2.0-flash-thinking-exp-01-21` , the latest preview version of
the model behind the[Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking Model](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/thinking) .

December 19, 2024 #

Model updates:

  • Released Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking Mode for public preview. Thinking Mode is a test-time compute model that lets you see the model's thought process while it generates a response, and produces responses with stronger reasoning capabilities. Read more about Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking Mode in our [overview

page](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/thinking-mode) .

December 11, 2024 #

Model updates:

  • Released Gemini 2.0 Flash Experimental for public preview. Gemini 2.0 Flash Experimental's partial list of features includes:
    • Twice as fast as Gemini 1.5 Pro
    • Bidirectional streaming with our Live API
    • Multimodal response generation in the form of text, images, and speech
    • Built-in tool use with multi-turn reasoning to use features like code execution, Search, function calling, and more

Read more about Gemini 2.0 Flash in our [overview

page](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-v2).

November 21, 2024 #

Model updates:

  • Released gemini-exp-1121 , an even more powerful experimental Gemini API model.

Model updates:

- Updated the `gemini-1.5-flash-latest` and`gemini-1.5-flash` model aliases
to use`gemini-1.5-flash-002` .
  - Change to `top_k` parameter: The`gemini-1.5-flash-002` model supports`top_k` values between 1 and 41 (exclusive).

Values greater than 40 will be changed to 40.

  • Change to

November 14, 2024 #

Model updates:

  • Released gemini-exp-1114 , a powerful experimental Gemini API model.

November 8, 2024 #

API updates:

October 31, 2024 #

API updates:

October 3, 2024 #

Model updates:

  • Released gemini-1.5-flash-8b-001 , a stable version of our smallest Gemini API model.

September 24, 2024 #

Model updates:

  • Released gemini-1.5-pro-002 andgemini-1.5-flash-002 , two new stable versions of Gemini 1.5 Pro and 1.5 Flash, for general availability.
- Updated the `gemini-1.5-pro-latest` model code to use`gemini-1.5-pro-002` and the`gemini-1.5-flash-latest` model code to use`gemini-1.5-flash-002` .
- Released `gemini-1.5-flash-8b-exp-0924` to replace`gemini-1.5-flash-8b-exp-0827` .
- Released the [civic integrity safety filter](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/safety-settings#safety-filters) for the Gemini API and AI Studio.
  • Released support for two new parameters for Gemini 1.5 Pro and 1.5 Flash in Python and NodeJS:

frequencyPenalty and presencePenalty .

September 19, 2024 #

AI Studio updates:

  • Added thumb-up and thumb-down buttons to model responses, to enable users to provide feedback on the quality of a response.

API updates:

  • Added support for Google Cloud credits, which can now be used towards Gemini API usage.

September 17, 2024 #

AI Studio updates:

  • Added an Open in Colab button that exports a prompt – and the code to run it – to a Colab notebook. The feature doesn't yet support prompting with tools (JSON mode, function calling, or code execution).

September 13, 2024 #

AI Studio updates:

  • Added support for compare mode, which lets you compare responses across models and prompts to find the best fit for your use case.

August 30, 2024 #

Model updates:

  • Gemini 1.5 Flash supports

supplying JSON schema through model configuration .

August 27, 2024 #

Model updates:

  • Released the following
[experimental models](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/experimental-models) :
  - `gemini-1.5-pro-exp-0827`
  - `gemini-1.5-flash-exp-0827`
  - `gemini-1.5-flash-8b-exp-0827`

August 9, 2024 #

API updates:

August 5, 2024 #

Model updates:

  • Fine-tuning support released for Gemini 1.5 Flash.

August 1, 2024 #

Model updates:

  • Released gemini-1.5-pro-exp-0801 , a new experimental version ofGemini 1.5 Pro .

July 12, 2024 #

Model updates:

  • Support for Gemini 1.0 Pro Vision removed from Google AI services and tools.

June 27, 2024 #

Model updates:

  • General availability release for Gemini 1.5 Pro's 2M context window.

API updates:

June 18, 2024 #

API updates:

June 12, 2024 #

Model updates:

  • Gemini 1.0 Pro Vision deprecated.

May 23, 2024 #

Model updates:

- [Gemini 1.5 Pro](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini#gemini-1.5-pro) (`gemini-1.5-pro-001` ) is generally available (GA).
- [Gemini 1.5 Flash](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini#gemini-1.5-flash) (`gemini-1.5-flash-001` ) is generally available (GA).

May 14, 2024 #

API updates:

  • Introduced a 2M context window for Gemini 1.5 Pro (waitlist).
  • Introduced pay-as-you-go billing for Gemini 1.0 Pro, with Gemini 1.5 Pro and Gemini 1.5 Flash billing coming soon.
  • Introduced increased rate limits for the upcoming paid tier of Gemini 1.5 Pro.
- Added built-in video support to the [File API](https://ai.google.dev/api/rest/v1beta/files) .
- Added plain text support to the [File API](https://ai.google.dev/api/rest/v1beta/files) .
  • Added support for parallel function calling, which returns more than one call at a time.

May 10, 2024 #

Model updates:

April 9, 2024 #

Model updates:

- Released [Gemini 1.5 Pro](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini#gemini-1.5-pro) (`gemini-1.5-pro-latest` ) in preview.
- Released a new text embedding model, `text-embeddings-004` , which supports[elastic embedding](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/embeddings#elastic-embedding) sizes under 768.

API updates:

  • Released the File API for temporarily storing media files for use in prompting.
  • Added support for prompting with text, image, and audio data, also known as multimodal prompting. To learn more, seePrompting with media .
  • Released System instructions in beta.
  • Added Function calling mode , which defines the execution behavior for function calling.
  • Added support for the response_mime_type configuration option, which lets

you request responses inJSON format .

March 19, 2024 #

Model updates:

  • Added support for

tuning Gemini 1.0 Pro in Google AI Studio or with the Gemini API.

December 13 2023 #

Model updates:

  • gemini-pro: New text model for a wide variety of tasks. Balances capability and efficiency.
  • gemini-pro-vision: New multimodal model for a wide variety of tasks. Balances capability and efficiency.
  • embedding-001: New embeddings model.
  • aqa: A new specially tuned model that is trained to answer questions using text passages for grounding generated answers.

See Gemini models for more details. API version updates:

  • v1: The stable API channel.
  • v1beta: Beta channel. This channel has features that may be under development.

See the API versions topic for more details. API updates:

  • GenerateContent is a single unified endpoint for chat and text.
  • Streaming available through the StreamGenerateContent method.
  • Multimodal capability: Image is a new supported modality
- New beta features:
  - [Function Calling](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/function-calling)
  - Attributed Question Answering (AQA)
  • Updated candidate count: Gemini models only return 1 candidate.
  • Different Safety Settings and SafetyRating categories. See safety settings for more details.
  • Tuning models is not yet supported for Gemini models (Work in progress).
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