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.

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 : Released antigravity-preview-09-2026 , which replaces and deprecates antigravity-preview-05-2026 .If you run on a remote sandbox environment: "remote" and read only output text or model output steps, update the agent string and nothing else changes.If you run tools locally local environment or parse function 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 rewrite replace file content TargetFile, StartLine, EndLine, TargetContent, ReplacementContent File reading read file path, offset, limit , byte offsets view 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 and grep search SearchPath, Query, IsRegex Shell execution code execution command, timeout seconds Unchanged Web search google search queries Unchanged See the Antigravity Agent https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/antigravity-agent guide. antigravity-preview-05-2026 shuts down on October 5, 2026, tracked on the deprecations https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations managed-agents 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. - Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking gemini-3.8-live-extended-thinking https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-3.8-live-extended-thinking : High-reasoning audio-to-audio model supporting background reasoning during live audio interactions, recommended when higher background reasoning is required. To get started, see the Live API guide https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/live-api , the Capabilities guide https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/live-api/capabilities , and the Thinking guide https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/live-api/thinking . September 3, 2026 - Lyria 3.5 generally available GA : Released the next generation of Google's music generation model: - lyria-3.5 https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/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 https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/music-generation guide for details and code samples. September 2, 2026 - Gemini 3.8 Flash generally available GA : Released gemini-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 https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/video-understanding agentic-video-understanding guide. August 27, 2026 - Gemini Omni Flash generally available GA : Released gemini-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 the extend task or directly with a prompt. - Interpolation first + last frame : Generate a video transitioning between two images using the image to video task with up to 2 images. - Resolution control : New resolution parameter in video config supports 360p , 720p default , 1080p , and 4k 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 https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/transcribe , the Live transcription guide https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/live-api/live-transcribe , and the Gemini 3.5 Transcribe model page https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-3.5-transcribe . 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 https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/robotics-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 https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/latest-model guide. - Deprecated parameters : The sampling parameters temperature , top p and top k are now deprecated. See the Latest Gemini Model https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/latest-model sampling-parameter-deprecation for details. July 6, 2026 - Developer logs https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/logs-datasets support for the Interactions API: logs for supported Interactions API calls are now viewable in the AI Studio dashboard https://aistudio.google.com/logs . June 30, 2026 - Gemini Omni Flash in public preview : Released gemini-omni-flash-preview , a high-performance multimodal model designed for high-speed video generation and conversational video editing. Using the Interactions API https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/interactions-overview , 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 the Gemini Omni Flash https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/omni guide and the Gemini Omni Flash https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-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 the Computer Use https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/computer-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 via streamGenerateContent and stream: true in the Interactions API is now supported for the gemini-3.1-flash-tts-preview model. To learn more, see the Text-to-Speech https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/speech-generation streaming guide. June 15, 2026 - Deprecation announcement : The following image generation models are being deprecated and will be shut down https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations on August 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 https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations imagen-models 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 will shut down https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations on June 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 the gemini-3.1-flash-image model. To learn more, see the Video-to-image generation https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/image-generation video-to-image 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 - The gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview model has been shut down https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations . Use gemini-3.1-flash-lite https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-3.1-flash-lite instead. May 19, 2026 - Released gemini-3.5-flash , the generally available GA version of Gemini 3.5 Flash https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-3.5-flash , our most intelligent model for sustained frontier performance on agentic and coding tasks. This is now the model behind gemini-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 the Antigravity Agent https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/antigravity-agent guide for code samples and specifications. May 7, 2026 - Released gemini-3.1-flash-lite , the generally available GA version of Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-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 : The Interactions API https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/interactions-overview request and response schema outputs → steps and output format configuration response format are changing. The new schema becomes the default on May 26 and the legacy schema will be removed on June 8 . See the migration guide https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/interactions-breaking-changes-may-2026 for details. May 5, 2026 - Updated File Search to support multimodal search. You can now natively embed and search through images using the gemini-embedding-2 model. Grounding metadata now includes media id for visual citations and page numbers that indicate where information is found. To learn more, see the File Search https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/file-search guide. May 4, 2026 - Launched event-driven Webhooks https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/webhooks support in the Gemini API to replace polling workflows for the Batch API and long-running operations. April 30, 2026 - The gemini-robotics-er-1.5-preview model has been shut down https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations . Use gemini-robotics-er-1.6-preview https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-robotics-er-1.6-preview instead. 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 - Released new versions of the Deep Research https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deep-research agent with collaborative planning, visualization support, MCP server integration, and File Search: - deep-research-preview-04-2026 https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/deep-research-preview-04-2026 : Designed for speed and efficiency, ideal to be streamed back to a client UI. - deep-research-max-preview-04-2026 https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/deep-research-max-preview-04-2026 : Maximum comprehensiveness for automated context gathering and synthesis. 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, see Gemini Robotics ER https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/robotics-overview page and the blog https://deepmind.google/blog/gemini-robotics-er-1-6 . - 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 - Launched Lyria 3 https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/music-generation music generation models: lyria-3-clip-preview https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/lyria-3-clip-preview 30-second clips and lyria-3-pro-preview https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/lyria-3-pro-preview full-length songs . Both models accept text and image inputs and generate high-quality, 48kHz stereo audio. See the Music generation https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/music-generation guide for details and code samples. March 23, 2026 - Rolled out Prepay and Postpay billing plans https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/billing in AI Studio. Existing accounts may be affected; read the Billing https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/billing documentation for more information. March 18, 2026 - Released the new Built-in Tools and Function Calling Combination https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/tool-combination feature, making it possible to use Gemini's built-in tools alongside custom function calling tools in a single API call. - Grounding with Google Maps https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/maps-grounding supported models is now supported for Gemini 3 models going forward. March 16, 2026 - Introduced revamped Usage Tiers https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/billing about-billing and Billing Account spend caps https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/billing tier-spend-caps for a better user billing experience. March 12, 2026 - Introduced project-level spend caps https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/billing project-spend-caps to billing in AI Studio. 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, see Embeddings https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/embeddings . - 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 - The Gemini 3 Pro Preview model has been shut down https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations . The gemini-3-pro-preview now points to gemini-3.1-pro-preview https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-3.1-pro-preview . March 3, 2026 - Launched Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Preview, the first Flash-Lite model in the Gemini 3 series. Read the model page https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview for specs, specific updates, and developer guidance. February 26, 2026 - Launched Nano Banana 2, Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview , a high-efficiency model optimized for speed and high-volume use cases. - 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 https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/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 and gemini-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 been shut down https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations . January 13, 2026 - Added 4k output resolutions for Veo https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/video 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 to total 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 the Live API guide https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/live-guide and Gemini 2.5 Flash Native Audio https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-2.5-flash-live . 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 https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/interactions-overview 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 https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deep-research guide for details. December 10, 2025 - Launched enhancements to our text-to-speech models https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/speech-generation , 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 - Gemini 3 billing for Grounding with Google Search https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/google-search will begin on January 5, 2026. 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 the Image generation https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/image-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 https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/gemini-3 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 https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/file-search page for more info. November 4, 2025 - For Gemini 2.5 Flash Image https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/image-generation , 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 - Grounding with Google Maps is now generally available. For more information, see Grounding with Google Maps https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/maps-grounding documentation. 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 and veo-3.0-fast-generate-preview coming November 12, 2025. October 7, 2025 - Launched Gemini 2.5 Computer Use Preview https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/computer-use October 2, 2025 - Launched Gemini 2.5 Flash Image GA: Image Generation with Gemini https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/image-generation 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 https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/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 the Live API guide https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/live-guide and Gemini 2.5 Flash Native Audio https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models gemini-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 https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/video model-features for more information. August 26, 2025 - Launched Gemini 2.5 Image Preview https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview , our latest native image generation model. August 18, 2025 - Released URL context tool https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/url-context to general availability GA , a tool for providing URLs as additional context to prompts. Support for using URL context with the gemini-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 https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/imagen page. August 7, 2025 - allow adult setting in Image to Video generation are now available in restricted regions. See the Veo https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/video?example=dialogue veo-model-parameters 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 https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/video 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 the Veo https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/video page. - Increased rate limits for Imagen 4 Standard and Ultra. Visit the Rate limits https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/rate-limits page for more details. July 14, 2025 - Released gemini-embedding-001 , the stable version of our text embedding model. To learn more, see embeddings https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/embeddings . The gemini-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 https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/batch-mode . June 26, 2025 - The preview models gemini-2.5-pro-preview-05-06 and gemini-2.5-pro-preview-03-25 are now redirecting to the latest stable version gemini-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 https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/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, see Gemini 2.5 Pro https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models gemini-2.5-pro and Thinking https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/thinking . gemini-2.5-pro-preview-05-06 will be redirected to gemini-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, see Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models gemini-2.5-pro-preview-06-05 and Thinking https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/thinking . gemini-2.5-pro-preview-05-06 will be redirected to gemini-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 https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/model-tuning . May 20, 2025 API updates: - Launched support for custom video preprocessing https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/video-understanding customize-video-processing using clipping intervals and configurable frame rate sampling. - Launched multi-tool use, which supports configuring code execution https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/code-execution and Grounding with Google Search https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/grounding on the same generateContent request. - Launched support for asynchronous function calls https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/live-tools async-function-calling in the Live API. - Launched an experimental URL context tool https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/url-context for providing URLs as additional context to prompts. Model updates: - Released gemini-2.5-flash-preview-05-20 , a Gemini preview https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models model-versions model optimized for price-performance and adaptive thinking. To learn more, see Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models gemini-2.5-flash-preview and Thinking https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/thinking . - Released the gemini-2.5-pro-preview-tts https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models gemini-2.5-pro-preview-tts and gemini-2.5-flash-preview-tts https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models gemini-2.5-flash-preview-tts models, which are capable of generating speech https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/speech-generation with one or two speakers. - 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 the Live API guide https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/live-guide native-audio-output and Gemini 2.5 Flash Native Audio https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models gemini-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 - Released gemini-2.5-flash-preview-04-17 , a Gemini preview https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models model-versions model optimized for price-performance and adaptive thinking. To learn more, see Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models gemini-2.5-flash-preview and Thinking https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/thinking . April 16, 2025 - Launched context caching for Gemini 2.0 Flash https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models 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 a GoAway 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 within speechConfig . - 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 the usageMetadata 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, see Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models gemini-2.5-pro-preview-03-25 . 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 https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/vision youtube as a media source. - Added support for including an inline video https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/vision inline-video of less than 20MB. March 11, 2025 SDK updates: - Released the Google Gen AI SDK for TypeScript and JavaScript https://googleapis.github.io/js-genai to public preview. March 7, 2025 Model updates: - Released gemini-embedding-exp-03-07 , an experimental https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/experimental-models Gemini-based embeddings model in public preview. February 28, 2025 API updates: - Support for Search as a tool https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/grounding added to gemini-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 of Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini gemini-2.0-flash-lite , which is optimized for speed, scale, and cost efficiency. February 19, 2025 AI Studio updates: - Support for additional regions https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/available-regions Kosovo, Greenland and Faroe Islands . API updates: - Support for additional regions https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/available-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 https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini . February 11, 2025 API updates: - Updates on the OpenAI libraries compatibility https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/openai . February 6, 2025 Model updates: - Released imagen-3.0-generate-002 , a generally available GA version of Imagen 3 in the Gemini API https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/imagen . SDK updates: - Released the Google Gen AI SDK for Java https://github.com/googleapis/java-genai for public preview. February 5, 2025 Model updates: - Released gemini-2.0-flash-001 , a generally available GA version of Gemini 2.0 Flash https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini gemini-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 https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/code-execution input-output support to code execution. SDK updates: - Released the Google Gen AI SDK for Python https://googleapis.github.io/python-genai/ 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 https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini gemini-2.0-flash 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: - Added support for Gemini https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/openai in the OpenAI libraries / REST API. 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 and gemini-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 https://ai.google.dev/api/generate-content FIELDS.frequency penalty and presencePenalty https://ai.google.dev/api/generate-content FIELDS.presence penalty . 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 https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/json-mode supply-schema-in-config . 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: - Added support for PDF processing https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/document-processing . 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 of Gemini 1.5 Pro https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini gemini-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: - Added support for code execution https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/code-execution . June 18, 2024 API updates: - Added support for context caching https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/caching . 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 https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/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: - Released Gemini 1.5 Flash https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini gemini-1.5-flash gemini-1.5-flash-latest in preview. 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 https://ai.google.dev/api/rest/v1beta/files 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, see Prompting with media https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/prompting with media . - Released System instructions https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/system-instructions in beta. - Added Function calling mode https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/function-calling 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 in JSON format https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/api-overview json . March 19, 2024 Model updates: - Added support for tuning Gemini 1.0 Pro https://developers.googleblog.com/en/tune-gemini-pro-in-google-ai-studio-or-with-the-gemini-api/ 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 https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini 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 https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/api-versions 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 https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/safety-settings for more details. - Tuning models is not yet supported for Gemini models Work in progress .