Google Gemini API models shut down on December 9, 2025
Google Gemini API shut down 4 models on December 9, 2025: gemini-2.0-flash-lite-preview, gemini-2.0-flash-lite-preview-02-05, gemini-2.0-flash-live-001, and gemini-live-2.5-flash-preview. Official replacements named by the provider: gemini-3.1-flash-lite and gemini-3.8-live. Requests to these models started failing on that date.
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Questions
Which Google Gemini API models shut down on December 9, 2025?
Google Gemini API shut down these 4 models on December 9, 2025: gemini-2.0-flash-lite-preview, gemini-2.0-flash-lite-preview-02-05, gemini-2.0-flash-live-001, and gemini-live-2.5-flash-preview.
What replaces the Google Gemini API models that shut down on December 9, 2025?
Official replacements named by the provider: gemini-3.1-flash-lite and gemini-3.8-live. The table lists the replacement for each model.
On what date did requests to these models fail?
These models shut down on December 9, 2025. Requests started failing on that date.