# gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-preview-12-2025 — shutdown No shutdown date announced

For gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-preview-12-2025, provider is Google (Gemini Developer API); shutdown / retirement date is No shutdown date announced; recommended replacement is gemini-3.8-live; 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, not quoted from the source)_
- **Model ID / API name:** gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-preview-12-2025 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Release date:** December 12, 2025 _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Shutdown / retirement date:** No shutdown date announced _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Recommended replacement:** gemini-3.8-live _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Platform / deployment scope:** Gemini Developer API (ai.google.dev) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-preview-12-2025 | December 12, 2025 | No shutdown date announced | gemini-3.8-live |

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Release date

> Model | Release date | Shutdown date | Recommended replacement | gemini-3.8-live | September 15, 2026 | No shutdown date announced | | gemini-3.8-live-extended-thinking | September 15, 2026 | No shutdown date announced | | gemini-3.5-transcribe-live | August 2026 | No shutdown date announced | | gemini-2.0-flash-live-001 | April 9, 2025 | December 9, 2025 | gemini-3.8-live | Preview models | | | | gemini-3.5-live-translate-preview | June 2026 | No shutdown date announced | | gemini-3.1-flash-live-preview | March 11, 2026 | No shutdown date announced | gemini-3.8-live | gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-preview-12-2025 | December 12, 2025 | No shutdown date announced | gemini-3.8-live |

## Source

- https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations

Last verified: 2026-09-16. Review by: 2026-10-16.
Part of [AI model deprecation and retirement dates by provider](https://referencesource.org/ai-model-deprecation-and-retirement/).