gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview — Shut down — shutdown June 25, 2026
For gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview, provider is Google (Gemini Developer API); lifecycle status is Shut down; shutdown / retirement date is June 25, 2026; recommended replacement is gemini-nano-banana-2.1; platform / deployment scope is Gemini Developer API (ai.google.dev), recorded from its source on 2026-10-12; source re-checked 2026-10-13.
- Provider
- Google (Gemini Developer API) our reading
- Model ID / API name
- gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview verified
- Lifecycle status
- Shut down
- Release date
- February 26, 2026 verified
- Shutdown / retirement date
- June 25, 2026 verified
- Recommended replacement
- gemini-nano-banana-2.1 verified
- Platform / deployment scope
- Gemini Developer API (ai.google.dev) our reading
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview | February 26, 2026 | June 25, 2026 | gemini-nano-banana-2.1 |
— ai.google.dev, retrieved 2026-10-12
Where each value comes from
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Release date and Shutdown / retirement date
Model | Release date | Shutdown date | Recommended replacement | gemini-nano-banana-2.1 | October 6, 2026 | No shutdown date announced | | gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image | June 30, 2026 | No shutdown date announced | | gemini-3.1-flash-image | May 28, 2026 | No shutdown date announced | gemini-nano-banana-2.1 | gemini-3-pro-image | May 28, 2026 | No shutdown date announced | | gemini-2.5-flash-image | October 2, 2025 | March 15, 2027 | gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image | Preview models | | | | gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview | February 26, 2026 | June 25, 2026 | gemini-nano-banana-2.1 |
— all from ai.google.dev, retrieved 2026-10-12
Source
- ai.google.devhttps://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations