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Gemini 3.6 Flash deprecated

Google has deprecated Gemini 3.6 Flash, the gemini-3.6-flash model released 2026-07-21 with a 1,049k-token context window and 66k max output, according to the provider announcement tracked by models.dev. No retirement date has been announced for the model, which handles text, image, video, audio and PDF input. The listing is paired with a tool that scans repositories for models on a deprecation clock.

read1 min views1 publishedOct 9, 2026
Gemini 3.6 Flash deprecated
Image: Llmstatus (auto-discovered)

GG◑ Deprecating

Google · gemini-3.6-flash

Released2026-07-21

Retiresno announced date

gemini-flashtext+image+video+audio+pdf1049k context66k max out

also matches:

`gemini-3.6-flash`` google/gemini-3.6-flash`
[provider announcement →](https://models.dev/google/gemini-3.6-flash)

Does your code call Gemini 3.6 Flash?

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source & further reading
llmstatus.ai — original article New model: Nano Banana 2.1 (Google) Pixtral 12B deprecated New model: Claude Haiku 5.5 (Google)
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