text-bison
For text-bison, provider is Google (Vertex AI); lifecycle status is Retired; shutdown / retirement date is April 21, 2025; recommended replacement is gemini-2.5-flash-lite, recorded from its source on 2026-08-12.
- Provider
- Google (Vertex AI)
- Model ID / API name
- text-bison verified
- Lifecycle status
- Retired verified
- Shutdown / retirement date
- April 21, 2025 verified
- Recommended replacement
- gemini-2.5-flash-lite verified
What the source says
Retired models The following table lists the retired models (click to expand) Model ID | Release date | Retirement date | Recommended upgrade | gemini-2.0-flash | February 5, 2025 | June 1, 2026 | gemini-3.1-flash-lite | gemini-2.0-flash-lite | February 25, 2025 | June 1, 2026 | gemini-3.1-flash-lite | gemini-1.5-pro-001 | May 24, 2024 | May 24, 2025 | gemini-2.5-flash | gemini-1.5-pro-002 | September 24, 2024 | September 24, 2025 | gemini-2.5-flash | gemini-1.5-flash-001 | May 24, 2024 | May 24, 2025 | gemini-2.5-flash-lite | gemini-1.5-flash-002 | September 24, 2024 | September 24, 2025 | gemini-2.5-flash-lite | textembedding-gecko@003 * | December 12, 2023 | May 24, 2025 | gemini-embedding-001 | textembedding-gecko-multilingual@001 | November 2, 2023 | May 24, 2025 | gemini-embedding-001 | gemini-1.0-pro-001 | February 15, 2024 | April 21, 2025 | gemini-2.5-flash | gemini-1.0-pro-002 | April 9, 2024 | April 21, 2025 | gemini-2.5-flash | gemini-1.0-pro-vision-001 | February 15, 2024 | April 21, 2025 | gemini-2.5-flash | text-bison | May 2023 | April 21, 2025 | gemini-2.5-flash-lite |
— cloud.google.com, retrieved 2026-08-12
Source
- cloud.google.comhttps://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/learn/model-versioning