gemini-omni-flash-preview — Deprecated or Shut down — the source states this two ways
For gemini-omni-flash-preview, provider is Google (Gemini Developer API); lifecycle status is disputed: Deprecated per ai.google.dev, Shut down per ai.google.dev; platform / deployment scope is Gemini Developer API (ai.google.dev), recorded from its source on 2026-09-30; source re-checked 2026-10-12.
- Provider
- Google (Gemini Developer API) our reading
- Model ID / API name
- gemini-omni-flash-preview verified
- Lifecycle status
- Deprecated the source states this two ways
- Platform / deployment scope
- Gemini Developer API (ai.google.dev) our reading
- Release date
- June 30, 2026 per ai.google.dev
- Shutdown / retirement date
- October 22, 2026 per ai.google.dev
- Recommended replacement
- gemini-omni-1.1-flash 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
The existing gemini-omni-flash-preview endpoint will be deprecated on September 30, 2026.
— ai.google.dev, retrieved 2026-09-30
The source states this two ways
The same publisher states this differently in more than one place. Each version is reproduced with the page it came from — deciding between them is yours, not ours.
Lifecycle status
ai.google.dev says lifecycle status is Deprecated, as of 2026-09-30.
The existing gemini-omni-flash-preview endpoint will be deprecated on September 30, 2026.
https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/changelog
ai.google.dev says lifecycle status is Shut down, as of 2026-10-26.
gemini-omni-flash-preview | June 30, 2026 | October 22, 2026 | gemini-omni-1.1-flash |
Sources
- ai.google.devhttps://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/changelog
- ai.google.devhttps://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations