{"slug": "gemini-2-5-pro-deprecated-retires-2026-12-01-gemini-3-8-flash", "title": "Gemini 2.5 Pro deprecated, retires 2026-12-01 → Gemini 3.8 Flash", "summary": "Google has flagged Gemini 2.5 Pro (gemini-2.5-pro) for retirement, with the earliest possible shutdown date set at 2026-12-01, an estimate that may move, according to the Gemini API changelog. The model, which supports text, vision and audio with a 1,049k-token context window, 66k max output and pricing of $1.25 per 1M input tokens and $10 per 1M output tokens, is being succeeded by Gemini 3.8 Flash. The listing points developers to a tool that scans repositories for model dependencies and flags those facing deprecation.", "body_md": "GG▲ Retiring soon\n\n# Gemini 2.5 Pro\n\nGoogle · gemini-2.5-pro\n\nGoogle: earliest possible shutdown 2026-12-01 (estimated, may move). \n\n[Provider statement →](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/changelog)\nGemini 2.5text+vision+audio1049k context66k max out$1.25 / $10 per 1M\n\nalso matches: \n\n`gemini-2.5-pro`` gemini-2-5-pro``gemini-2.5-pro-preview`` google/gemini-2.5-pro`\n[provider announcement →](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/changelog)\n\nDoes your code call Gemini 2.5 Pro?\n\n$ curl -fsSL https://llmstatus.ai/install.sh | bash\n\nThen `mm status` in any repo — it finds every model you use and flags the ones on a clock. No account, nothing uploaded.\n\n[Get alerted before it retires →](https://llmstatus.ai/sign-up)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/gemini-2-5-pro-deprecated-retires-2026-12-01-gemini-3-8-flash", "canonical_source": "https://llmstatus.ai/m/google/google/gemini-2-5-pro", "published_at": "2026-11-11 00:56:55+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-11-11 01:51:01.002980+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["large-language-models", "artificial-intelligence", "ai-products", "developer-tools"], "entities": ["Google", "Gemini 2.5 Pro", "Gemini 3.8 Flash", "Gemini API", "llmstatus.ai"], "also_reported_by": [{"url": "https://llmstatus.ai/m/google/google/gemini-2.5-flash-preview-09-2025", "source": "llmstatus.ai", "title": "Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 09-25 retired 2026-02-17 → Gemini 3.6 Flash", "published_at": "2026-11-11T00:56:51+00:00"}], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/gemini-2-5-pro-deprecated-retires-2026-12-01-gemini-3-8-flash", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/gemini-2-5-pro-deprecated-retires-2026-12-01-gemini-3-8-flash.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/gemini-2-5-pro-deprecated-retires-2026-12-01-gemini-3-8-flash.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/gemini-2-5-pro-deprecated-retires-2026-12-01-gemini-3-8-flash.jsonld"}}