gemini-1.5-flash-002 — Retired — shutdown September 24, 2025
For gemini-1.5-flash-002, provider is Google (Vertex AI); lifecycle status is Retired; shutdown / retirement date is September 24, 2025; recommended replacement is gemini-2.5-flash-lite, recorded from its source on 2026-09-16.
- Provider
- Google (Vertex AI) our reading
- Model ID / API name
- gemini-1.5-flash-002 verified
- Lifecycle status
- Retired
- Release date
- September 24, 2024 verified
- Shutdown / retirement date
- September 24, 2025 verified
- Recommended replacement
- gemini-2.5-flash-lite verified
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What the source says
gemini-1.5-flash-002 | September 24, 2024 | September 24, 2025 | gemini-2.5-flash-lite |
— cloud.google.com, retrieved 2026-09-16
Where each value comes from
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Release date
Model ID | Release date | Retirement date | Recommended upgrade | gemini-2.0-flash | February 5, 2025 | June 1, 2026 | gemini-3.1-flash-lite | gemini-2.0-flash-lite | February 25, 2025 | June 1, 2026 | gemini-3.1-flash-lite | gemini-1.5-pro-001 | May 24, 2024 | May 24, 2025 | gemini-2.5-flash | gemini-1.5-pro-002 | September 24, 2024 | September 24, 2025 | gemini-2.5-flash | gemini-1.5-flash-001 | May 24, 2024 | May 24, 2025 | gemini-2.5-flash-lite | gemini-1.5-flash-002 | September 24, 2024 | September 24, 2025 | gemini-2.5-flash-lite |
— all from cloud.google.com, retrieved 2026-09-16
Source
- cloud.google.comhttps://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/learn/model-versioning
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