# gemini-3-pro-image-preview — Shut down — shutdown June 25, 2026

For gemini-3-pro-image-preview, provider is Google (Gemini Developer API); lifecycle status is Shut down; shutdown / retirement date is June 25, 2026; recommended replacement is gemini-3-pro-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, not quoted from the source)_
- **Model ID / API name:** gemini-3-pro-image-preview _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Lifecycle status:** Shut down
- **Release date:** November 20, 2025 _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Shutdown / retirement date:** June 25, 2026 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Recommended replacement:** gemini-3-pro-image _(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-3-pro-image-preview | November 20, 2025 | June 25, 2026 | gemini-3-pro-image |

## 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-3.8-flash | September 2, 2026 | No shutdown date announced | | gemini-3.7-flash | August 13, 2026 | No shutdown date announced | | gemini-3.6-flash | July 21, 2026 | No shutdown date announced | | gemini-3.5-flash-lite | July 21, 2026 | No shutdown date announced | | gemini-3.5-flash | May 19, 2026 | No shutdown date announced | | gemini-3.1-flash-image | May 28, 2026 | No shutdown date announced | | gemini-3-pro-image | May 28, 2026 | No shutdown date announced | | gemini-3.1-flash-lite | May 7, 2026 | May 7, 2027 | gemini-3.5-flash-lite | Preview models | | | | gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview | February 26, 2026 | June 25, 2026 | gemini-3.1-flash-image | gemini-3.1-pro-preview | February 19, 2026 | No shutdown date announced | | gemini-3-pro-image-preview | November 20, 2025 | June 25, 2026 | gemini-3-pro-image |

## 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/).