gemini-3.7-flash — Available — shutdown January 28, 2027 or N/A — sources disagree
For gemini-3.7-flash, provider is Google (Vertex AI); lifecycle status is Available; shutdown / retirement date is disputed: January 28, 2027 per cloud.google.com, N/A per ai.google.dev; recommended replacement is disputed: gemini-3.8-flash per cloud.google.com, gemini-3.8-flash (not available to select in Google AI Studio; the endpoint is not shutting down and automatically routes API requests to gemini-3.8-flash) per ai.google.dev, recorded from its source on 2026-10-06; source re-checked 2026-10-13.
- Provider
- Google (Vertex AI) our reading
- Google (Gemini Developer API) per ai.google.dev
- Model ID / API name
- gemini-3.7-flash verified
- Lifecycle status
- Available
- Release date
- August 13, 2026 verified
- Shutdown / retirement date
- January 28, 2027 sources disagree
- Recommended replacement
- gemini-3.8-flash sources disagree
- Platform / deployment scope
- Gemini Developer API (ai.google.dev) per ai.google.dev
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-3.7-flash | August 13, 2026 | January 28, 2027 | gemini-3.8-flash |
— cloud.google.com, retrieved 2026-10-06
Where each value comes from
The values above are stated away from the sentence quoted with the answer, so the passage that states them is shown here too.
Release date and Shutdown / retirement date
Model ID | Release date | Retirement date | Replacement model ID | gemini-4-argon-cyber-permissive | October 13, 2026 | No retirement date announced | | gemini-3.8-flash-cyber | September 16, 2026 | No retirement date announced | | gemini-3.8-flash | September 2, 2026 | No retirement date announced | | gemini-3.7-flash | August 13, 2026 | January 28, 2027 | gemini-3.8-flash |
— all from cloud.google.com, retrieved 2026-10-06
Sources disagree
More than one authority states this, and they do not state the same thing. Both are reproduced with the source each came from — deciding between them is yours, not ours.
Shutdown / retirement date
cloud.google.com says shutdown / retirement date is January 28, 2027, as of 2026-10-06.
gemini-3.7-flash | August 13, 2026 | January 28, 2027 | gemini-3.8-flash |
https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/learn/model-versioning
ai.google.dev says shutdown / retirement date is N/A, as of 2026-10-12.
gemini-3.7-flash | August 13, 2026 | N/A | gemini-3.8-flash (not available to select in Google AI Studio; the endpoint is not shutting down and automatically routes API requests to gemini-3.8-flash) |
https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations
Recommended replacement
cloud.google.com says recommended replacement is gemini-3.8-flash, as of 2026-10-06.
gemini-3.7-flash | August 13, 2026 | January 28, 2027 | gemini-3.8-flash |
https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/learn/model-versioning
ai.google.dev says recommended replacement is gemini-3.8-flash (not available to select in Google AI Studio; the endpoint is not shutting down and automatically routes API requests to gemini-3.8-flash), as of 2026-10-12.
gemini-3.7-flash | August 13, 2026 | N/A | gemini-3.8-flash (not available to select in Google AI Studio; the endpoint is not shutting down and automatically routes API requests to gemini-3.8-flash) |
Where the other sources' values come from
These values were taken from a passage elsewhere on the other source's page, not from the row quoted with it above.
Release date
Model | Release date | Shutdown date | Recommended replacement | gemini-3.8-flash-tts | September 22, 2026 | No shutdown date announced | | gemini-3.8-flash-lite-tts | September 22, 2026 | No shutdown date announced | | 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-3.8-flash | September 2, 2026 | No shutdown date announced | | gemini-3.7-flash | August 13, 2026 | N/A | gemini-3.8-flash (not available to select in Google AI Studio; the endpoint is not shutting down and automatically routes API requests to gemini-3.8-flash) |
— ai.google.dev, retrieved 2026-10-12
Sources
- cloud.google.comhttps://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/learn/model-versioning
- ai.google.devhttps://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations