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Status

up 0 incidents in the last 30 days · full scoreboard

Google Cloud: Vertex AI Gemini API customers experienced increased error rates when accessing the global endpoint. — resolved · 260d ago

Pricing

$ / 1M tokens, primary tier. full pricing page

Model	Input	Output	Changed
Gemini 2.5 Computer Use Preview	$1.25	$10	52d ago
Gemini 2.5 Flash	$0.3	$2.5	since tracking began
Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana) 🍌	$0.3	$0.039	since tracking began
Gemini 2.5 Flash Native Audio (Live API)	$0.5	$2	since tracking began
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview TTS	$0.5	$10	since tracking began
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite	$0.1	$0.4	since tracking began
Gemini 2.5 Pro	$1.25	$10	since tracking began
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview TTS	$1	$20	since tracking began
Gemini 3 Flash Preview	$0.5	$3	since tracking began
Gemini 3 Pro Image (Nano Banana Pro) 🍌	$2	$12	since tracking began
Gemini 3.1 Flash Image (Nano Banana 2) 🍌	$0.5	$3	since tracking began
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image (Nano Banana 2 Lite) 🍌	$0.25	$1.5	since tracking began
Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS Preview	$1	$20	since tracking began
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite	$0.25	$1.5	since tracking began
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview	$2	$12	since tracking began
Gemini 3.5 Flash	$1.5	$9	since tracking began
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite	$0.3	$2.5	since tracking began
Gemini 3.5 Live Translate	$3.5	$21	since tracking began
Gemini 3.5 Transcribe	$2	$12	since tracking began
Gemini 3.5 Transcribe Live	$3.5	$21	since tracking began
Gemini 3.6 Flash	$0.75	$3.75	since tracking began
Gemini 3.7 Flash	$0.75	$3.75	since tracking began
Gemini 3.8 Flash	$0.75	$3.75	since tracking began
Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS	$0.5	$9	since tracking began
Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS	$0.5	$6	since tracking began
Gemini 3.8 Live, Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking, and Gemini 3.1 Flash Live Preview	$0.75	$4.5	since tracking began
Gemini 4 Argon	$2	$10	since tracking began
Gemini Embedding	$0.15	—	since tracking began
Gemini Nano Banana 2.1 🍌	$1.5	$7.5	since tracking began
Gemini Omni Flash	$1.5	$9	since tracking began
Gemini Omni Flash Preview	$1.5	$9	since tracking began
Gemini Robotics ER 2 Preview	$1	$5	since tracking began
Gemini Robotics ER 2 Streaming Preview	$1	$5	since tracking began

SDKs

Full SDK reference →

Google GenAI SDK (Python): v3.3.0 — 43h ago
Google GenAI SDK (JS/TS): v3.2.0 — 2d ago

Models

full model tracker

Model	Released	Context	License
Gemini 3.8 Live	2026-09-15	unknown — not stated on announcement page	proprietary (API-only)
Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking	2026-09-15	unknown — not stated on announcement page	proprietary (API-only)
WeatherNext 3	2026-09-03	not applicable — weather forecasting model (5km/10km/25km resolution grids), not a text context window	proprietary (product/platform access, not a conventional API key); research paper at arxiv.org/abs/2609.03582
Gemini 3.8 Flash	2026-09-02	unknown — not stated on announcement page; ai.google.dev models list confirms the endpoint ID only	proprietary (API-only)
Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber	2026-09-02	unknown — not stated on announcement page	proprietary (API-only, cybersecurity-professional access via Fairwind Program)
Gemini 3.8 Flash	2026-09-02	unknown (not stated on the announcement page)	proprietary (API-only; Google AI Studio, Android Studio, Gemini API)
Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber	2026-09-02	unknown (not stated on the announcement page)	proprietary (API-only; access restricted via the Fairwind Program to trusted government authorities and critical-infrastructure operators, not generally available)
Gemini 3.5 Transcribe	2026-08-26	unknown — not stated on announcement page (article gives WER: 4.0% streaming, 2.6% non-streaming, not a token/audio-length limit)	proprietary (API-only, public preview via Gemini API / AI Studio)
Gemini 3.7 Flash	2026-08-13	unknown — not stated on announcement page; ai.google.dev models list confirms the endpoint ID only	proprietary (API-only)
Gemini 3.7 Flash	2026-08-13	unknown (not stated on the announcement page)	proprietary (API-only; Gemini API, Google AI Studio, Android Studio, Google Antigravity)
SL2T (Sign-Language-to-Text)	2026-08-12	not applicable — sign-language-to-text translation model	proprietary (integrated into Gboard and Live Transcribe on Pixel 11, not a standalone API)
Lyria 3.5	2026-07-29	not applicable — music generation model	proprietary (API-only, accessed via Google Flow Music)
Gemini 3.6 Flash	2026-07-21	unknown	proprietary (API-only)
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite	2026-07-21	unknown — not stated on announcement page	proprietary (API-only)
Gemini 3.6 Flash	2026-07-21	unknown (not stated on the announcement page)	proprietary (API-only; not stated in more detail on the announcement page)
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite	2026-07-21	unknown (not stated on the announcement page)	proprietary (API-only; not stated in more detail on the announcement page)
Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber	2026-07-17	unknown	proprietary (API-only, cybersecurity-professional access via Fairwind Program)
Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber	2026-07-17	unknown (not stated on the announcement page)	proprietary (API-only; positioned for lightweight cybersecurity vulnerability detection)

Upcoming retirements

full deprecation tracker · subscribe to Google's shutdowns (.ics)

Model	Shutdown date	Replacement
embedding-001	2025-10-30	gemini-embedding-2
embedding-gecko-001	2025-10-30	gemini-embedding-2
gemini-embedding-exp	2025-10-30	gemini-embedding-2
gemini-embedding-exp-03-07	2025-10-30	gemini-embedding-2
imagen-3.0-generate-002	2025-11-10	gemini-nano-banana-2.1
veo-3.0-generate-preview	2025-11-12	gemini-omni-1.1-flash
veo-3.0-fast-generate-preview	2025-11-12	gemini-omni-1.1-flash
gemini-2.0-flash-preview-image-generation	2025-11-14	gemini-nano-banana-2.1
gemini-2.5-flash-preview-05-20	2025-11-18	gemini-3.6-flash
gemini-2.5-pro-preview-03-25	2025-12-02	gemini-3.8-flash
gemini-2.5-pro-preview-05-06	2025-12-02	gemini-3.8-flash
gemini-2.5-pro-preview-06-05	2025-12-02	gemini-3.8-flash
gemini-2.0-flash-lite-preview	2025-12-09	gemini-3.1-flash-lite
gemini-2.0-flash-lite-preview-02-05	2025-12-09	gemini-3.1-flash-lite
gemini-2.0-flash-live-001	2025-12-09	gemini-3.8-live
gemini-live-2.5-flash-preview	2025-12-09	gemini-3.8-live
text-embedding-004	2026-01-14	gemini-embedding-2
gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview	2026-01-15	gemini-nano-banana-2.1
gemini-2.5-flash-preview-09-25	2026-02-17	gemini-3.6-flash
imagen-4.0-generate-preview-06-06	2026-02-17	gemini-nano-banana-2.1
imagen-4.0-ultra-generate-preview-06-06	2026-02-17	gemini-nano-banana-2.1
gemini-2.5-flash-preview-09-2025	2026-02-17	gemini-3.6-flash
gemini-3-pro-preview	2026-03-09	gemini-3.1-pro-preview
gemini-2.5-flash-lite-preview-09-2025	2026-03-31	gemini-3.1-flash-lite
gemini-robotics-er-1.5-preview	2026-04-30	gemini-robotics-er-2-preview
gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview	2026-05-25	gemini-3.1-flash-lite
gemini-2.0-flash	2026-06-01	gemini-3.6-flash
gemini-2.0-flash-001	2026-06-01	gemini-3.6-flash
gemini-2.0-flash-lite	2026-06-01	gemini-3.1-flash-lite
gemini-2.0-flash-lite-001	2026-06-01	gemini-3.1-flash-lite
gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview	2026-06-25	gemini-nano-banana-2.1
gemini-3-pro-image-preview	2026-06-25	gemini-3-pro-image
veo-3.0-generate-001	2026-06-30	gemini-omni-1.1-flash
veo-3.0-fast-generate-001	2026-06-30	gemini-omni-1.1-flash
veo-2.0-generate-001	2026-06-30	gemini-omni-1.1-flash
gemini-2.5-computer-use-preview-10-2025	2026-07-28	gemini-3.8-flash
embedding-2-preview	2026-08-10	gemini-embedding-2
gemini-embedding-2-preview	2026-08-10	gemini-embedding-2
imagen-4.0-generate-001	2026-08-17	gemini-nano-banana-2.1
imagen-4.0-ultra-generate-001	2026-08-17	gemini-nano-banana-2.1
imagen-4.0-fast-generate-001	2026-08-17	gemini-nano-banana-2.1
gemini-robotics-er-1.6-preview	2026-08-31	gemini-robotics-er-2-preview
gemini-omni-flash-preview	2026-10-22	gemini-omni-1.1-flash
veo-3.1-lite-generate-preview	2026-10-22	gemini-omni-1.1-flash
veo-3.1-generate-preview	2026-10-22	gemini-omni-1.1-flash
veo-3.1-fast-generate-preview	2026-10-22	gemini-omni-1.1-flash
gemini-3.1-flash-tts-preview	2026-11-17	gemini-3.8-flash-tts
gemini-3.1-flash-live-preview	2026-11-17	gemini-3.8-live
gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-preview-12-2025	2026-11-17	gemini-3.8-live
gemini-2.5-flash-preview-tts	2026-11-17	gemini-3.8-flash-tts
gemini-2.5-pro-preview-tts	2026-11-17	gemini-3.8-flash-tts
gemini-2.5-pro	2026-12-01	gemini-3.8-flash (gemini-2.5-pro is no longer available in Google AI Studio; effective December 1, 2026, API requests to gemini-2.5-pro will automatically route to gemini-3.8-flash)
gemini-2.5-flash	2026-12-01	gemini-3.5-flash-lite (gemini-2.5-flash is no longer available in Google AI Studio; effective December 1, 2026, API requests to gemini-2.5-flash will automatically route to gemini-3.5-flash-lite)
gemini-2.5-flash-image	2027-03-15	gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image
gemini-3.1-flash-lite	2027-05-07	gemini-3.5-flash-lite
gemini-embedding-001	2028-05-14	gemini-embedding-2

API changelog

full changelog · full change history

Date	Entry
2026-10-30	Computer Use generally available (GA)
2026-10-27	Gemini API CLI (`gemini-api`) beta
2026-10-26	Generate Content API storage on by default
2026-10-13	Gemini 4 Argon (`gemini-4-argon`) generally available (GA)
2026-10-08	Gemini 3.5 Flash deprecation
2026-10-08	Gemini 3.7 Flash deprecation
2026-10-08	Deep Research Agent `deep-research-pro-preview-12-2025` deprecation
2026-10-06	Deprecation announcement
2026-10-06	Gemini Nano Banana 2.1 generally available (GA)
2026-09-22	Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS generally available (GA)

Watched pages

Pricing, rate-limit, and deprecation pages polled for changes; a change publishes a diff row. Full change history for Google →

Google Gemini API Pricing — last checked 10d ago, last diff 16d ago
Google Gemini Model Deprecations — last checked 10d ago, last diff 4d ago
Google Gemini Models List — last checked 10d ago, last diff 22d ago
Google Gemini Changelog — last checked 10d ago, last diff 15d ago
Gemini API Terms — last checked 10d ago, last diff 11d ago

Terms/data-use: last changed 2026-11-02 (Data Collection and How Google Uses Your Data).

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