gemini-2.0-flash-preview-image-generation — Shut down — shutdown November 14, 2025
For gemini-2.0-flash-preview-image-generation, provider is Google (Gemini Developer API); lifecycle status is Shut down; shutdown / retirement date is November 14, 2025; recommended replacement is gemini-2.5-flash-image; platform / deployment scope is Gemini Developer API (ai.google.dev), recorded from its source on 2026-09-16.
- Provider
- Google (Gemini Developer API) our reading
- Model ID / API name
- gemini-2.0-flash-preview-image-generation verified
- Lifecycle status
- Shut down
- Release date
- May 7, 2025 verified
- Shutdown / retirement date
- November 14, 2025 verified
- Recommended replacement
- gemini-2.5-flash-image verified
- Platform / deployment scope
- Gemini Developer API (ai.google.dev) our reading
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What the source says
gemini-2.0-flash-preview-image-generation | May 7, 2025 | November 14, 2025 | gemini-2.5-flash-image |
— ai.google.dev, retrieved 2026-09-16
Where each value comes from
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Release date
Model | Release date | Shutdown date | Recommended replacement | gemini-2.0-flash | February 5, 2025 | June 1, 2026 | gemini-3.6-flash | gemini-2.0-flash-001 | February 5, 2025 | June 1, 2026 | gemini-3.6-flash | gemini-2.0-flash-lite | February 25, 2025 | June 1, 2026 | gemini-3.1-flash-lite | gemini-2.0-flash-lite-001 | February 25, 2025 | June 1, 2026 | gemini-3.1-flash-lite | Preview models | | | | gemini-2.0-flash-preview-image-generation | May 7, 2025 | November 14, 2025 | gemini-2.5-flash-image |
— all from ai.google.dev, retrieved 2026-09-16
Source
- ai.google.devhttps://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations
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