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gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview retirement date and replacement

Gemini API · Model · retired Jan 15, 2026 (retired)

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Dates

Checked Nov 2, 2026 on Google's page
RetiredJan 15, 2026 (retired)
Replacementgemini-nano-banana-2.1
What it isgemini-2.5-flash-image-preview stopped answering on Gemini API.
Sourceai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations

Changes

ReplacementUnverified

Google changed the replacement for gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview from gemini-2.5-flash-image to gemini-nano-banana-2.1.

Oct 7Source

Around the same time on Gemini API

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Stopped answering on Gemini API.

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