veo-3.0-fast-generate-001 — Available or Shut down — shutdown June 30, 2026 — sources disagree
For veo-3.0-fast-generate-001, provider is Google (Vertex AI); lifecycle status is disputed: Available per cloud.google.com, Shut down per ai.google.dev; shutdown / retirement date is June 30, 2026; recommended replacement is disputed: veo-3.1-fast-generate-001 per cloud.google.com, veo-3.1-fast-generate-preview or the GA models on the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform per ai.google.dev, recorded from its source on 2026-09-28; source re-checked 2026-10-13.
- Provider
- Google (Vertex AI) our reading
- Google (Gemini Developer API) per ai.google.dev
- Model ID / API name
- veo-3.0-fast-generate-001 verified
- Lifecycle status
- Available sources disagree
- Release date
- July 29, 2025 sources disagree
- Shutdown / retirement date
- June 30, 2026 verified
- Recommended replacement
- veo-3.1-fast-generate-001 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
veo-3.0-fast-generate-001 | July 29, 2025 | June 30, 2026 | veo-3.1-fast-generate-001 |
— cloud.google.com, retrieved 2026-09-28
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 | veo-3.0-generate-001 | July 29, 2025 | June 30, 2026 | veo-3.1-generate-001 | veo-3.0-fast-generate-001 | July 29, 2025 | June 30, 2026 | veo-3.1-fast-generate-001 |
— all from cloud.google.com, retrieved 2026-09-28
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.
Lifecycle status
cloud.google.com says lifecycle status is Available, as of 2026-09-28.
veo-3.0-fast-generate-001 | July 29, 2025 | June 30, 2026 | veo-3.1-fast-generate-001 |
https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/learn/model-versioning
ai.google.dev says lifecycle status is Shut down, as of 2026-09-16.
veo-3.0-fast-generate-001 | September 9, 2025 | June 30, 2026 | veo-3.1-fast-generate-preview or the GA models on the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform |
https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations
Release date
cloud.google.com says release date is July 29, 2025, as of 2026-09-28.
veo-3.0-fast-generate-001 | July 29, 2025 | June 30, 2026 | veo-3.1-fast-generate-001 |
https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/learn/model-versioning
ai.google.dev says release date is September 9, 2025, as of 2026-09-16.
veo-3.0-fast-generate-001 | September 9, 2025 | June 30, 2026 | veo-3.1-fast-generate-preview or the GA models on the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform |
https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations
Recommended replacement
cloud.google.com says recommended replacement is veo-3.1-fast-generate-001, as of 2026-09-28.
veo-3.0-fast-generate-001 | July 29, 2025 | June 30, 2026 | veo-3.1-fast-generate-001 |
https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/learn/model-versioning
ai.google.dev says recommended replacement is veo-3.1-fast-generate-preview or the GA models on the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, as of 2026-09-16.
veo-3.0-fast-generate-001 | September 9, 2025 | June 30, 2026 | veo-3.1-fast-generate-preview or the GA models on the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform |
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 | veo-3.0-generate-001 | September 9, 2025 | June 30, 2026 | veo-3.1-generate-preview or the GA models on the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform | veo-3.0-fast-generate-001 | September 9, 2025 | June 30, 2026 | veo-3.1-fast-generate-preview or the GA models on the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform |
— ai.google.dev, retrieved 2026-09-16
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