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Nano Banana 2 deprecated, retires 2026-10-29 → Nano Banana 2.1

Google has marked Nano Banana 2 (gemini-3.1-flash-image) for retirement, with an earliest possible shutdown date of 2026-10-29 that the provider notes is estimated and may move. The model, which handles text, image, video and PDF input with a 131k context window and 33k max output at $0.50/$60 per 1M tokens, is being succeeded by Nano Banana 2.1. The listing directs developers to check whether their code calls Nano Banana 2 and to track the deprecation before the shutdown date.

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Nano Banana 2 deprecated, retires 2026-10-29 → Nano Banana 2.1
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GG▲ Retiring soon

Google · gemini-3.1-flash-image

Google: earliest possible shutdown 2026-10-29 (estimated, may move). 

[Provider statement →](https://models.dev/google-vertex/gemini-3.1-flash-image)

gemini-flashtext+image+video+pdf131k context33k max out$0.50 / $60 per 1M

also matches:

`gemini-3.1-flash-image`` google/gemini-3.1-flash-image`
[provider announcement →](https://models.dev/google-vertex/gemini-3.1-flash-image)

Does your code call Nano Banana 2?

$ curl -fsSL https://llmstatus.ai/install.sh | bash

Then mm status in any repo — it finds every model you use and flags the ones on a clock. No account, nothing uploaded.

Get alerted before it retires →

source & further reading
llmstatus.ai — original article GPT-3.5 Turbo (0301) retired 2024-09-13 → GPT-3.5 Turbo Grok 4 Fast (Reasoning) retired 2026-05-01 → Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning) Qwen3 14B deprecated
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