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Replacement for imagen-4.0-ultra-generate-preview-06-06: what changes when you switch

The official replacement is imagen-4.0-ultra-generate-001. imagen-4.0-ultra-generate-preview-06-06 shut down on 2026-02-17 per Google Gemini API's deprecation page (checked 2026-10-17). Price, context window, and max output were left blank because the official pages we checked did not publish them.

imagen-4.0-ultra-generate-preview-06-06 model page · Google Gemini API

Official replacement. Full diff page

imagen-4.0-ultra-generate-preview-06-06 to imagen-4.0-ultra-generate-001

Some values not published Checked 2026-10-17.

Price per 1M tokens

Price comparison. Example monthly cost for 10M input tokens and 2M output tokens. Labeled example, not a bill.
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Example monthly cost Not published Not published Example only

Context and max output

Token limits
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Capabilities that differ

No differing capability values are published for both models.

API changes

No parameter change is listed on the official pages we checked. The sample below only swaps the model id.

Code

python before
from google import genai
client = genai.Client()
response = client.models.generate_content(
    model="imagen-4.0-ultra-generate-preview-06-06",
    contents="Hello",
)
python after
from google import genai
client = genai.Client()
response = client.models.generate_content(
    model="imagen-4.0-ultra-generate-001",
    contents="Hello",
)
typescript before
import { GoogleGenAI } from "@google/genai";
const ai = new GoogleGenAI({});
const response = await ai.models.generateContent({
  model: "imagen-4.0-ultra-generate-preview-06-06",
  contents: "Hello",
});
typescript after
import { GoogleGenAI } from "@google/genai";
const ai = new GoogleGenAI({});
const response = await ai.models.generateContent({
  model: "imagen-4.0-ultra-generate-001",
  contents: "Hello",
});
curl before
curl "https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/imagen-4.0-ultra-generate-preview-06-06:generateContent" \
  -H "x-goog-api-key: $GEMINI_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"contents":[{"parts":[{"text":"Hello"}]}]}'
curl after
curl "https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/imagen-4.0-ultra-generate-001:generateContent" \
  -H "x-goog-api-key: $GEMINI_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"contents":[{"parts":[{"text":"Hello"}]}]}'

Checklist

  1. Read the shutdown date for imagen-4.0-ultra-generate-preview-06-06 on the linked official page.
  2. Point your requests at imagen-4.0-ultra-generate-001.
  3. Re-check price, context, and parameters on the provider pages linked here.
  4. Ship the change before the published shutdown date.

Related models

Questions

What is the replacement for imagen-4.0-ultra-generate-preview-06-06?

The official replacement is imagen-4.0-ultra-generate-001. imagen-4.0-ultra-generate-preview-06-06 shut down on 2026-02-17 per Google Gemini API's deprecation page (checked 2026-10-17). Price, context window, and max output were left blank because the official pages we checked did not publish them.

Is imagen-4.0-ultra-generate-001 cheaper than imagen-4.0-ultra-generate-preview-06-06?

A full price comparison is not published. One or both prices are missing from the official pages we checked.

Does imagen-4.0-ultra-generate-001 have a bigger context window than imagen-4.0-ultra-generate-preview-06-06?

Context window sizes are not both published on the official pages we checked.

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