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Gemini API changelog 2025
60 announcements, 2025
All Gemini API changes · 119 announcements since January 2025 · 8 GA · 3 previews · 36 deprecations
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December 20259
Interactions API renames total_reasoning_tokens to total_thought_tokens in v1betaDeprecation
Gemini 3 Flash Preview released, with multimodal function responses
gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-preview-12-2025 native audio model in preview for Live API
Interactions API launched, Gemini Deep Research agent in preview
Gemini Live API models gemini-2.0-flash-live-001 and gemini-live-2.5-flash-preview shut downDeprecation
Gemini 3 Grounding with Google Search billing begins January 5, 2026
gemini-2.5-flash-image-preview deprecated, shutting down January 15, 2026Deprecation
text-embedding-004 deprecated, shutting down January 14, 2026Deprecation
November 20256
Gemini 3 Pro Image Preview released as gemini-3-pro-image-preview
gemini-3-pro-preview released, the first Gemini 3 model, with thinking levels
Veo 3.0 preview and Gemini 2.0 Flash image generation models to shut down Nov 12 and 14Deprecation
imagen-3.0-generate-002 shut down; use Imagen 4 insteadDeprecation
File Search API in public preview for grounding responses in your own data
Gemini 2.5 Flash Image input tokens per image cut from 1290 to 258Deprecation
October 20256
September 20256
Gemini 1.5 Pro, Flash and Flash-8B models shut downDeprecation
Gemini Robotics ER 1.5 in preview, plus new Gemini 2.5 Flash and Flash-Lite previews
gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-preview-09-2025 for Live API in preview
embedding-001, embedding-gecko-001 and gemini-embedding-exp-03-07 shut down in October 2025Deprecation
Batch API supports the Embeddings model and joins the OpenAI compatibility library
Veo 3 and Veo 3 Fast generally available, with lower pricing and new options
August 20254
July 20255
Veo 3 Preview adds image-to-video generation, and Veo 3 Fast Preview released
gemini-2.5-flash-lite released as a fast, low-cost Gemini 2.5 model
veo-3.0-generate-preview adds video with audio; Imagen 4 rate limits raised
gemini-embedding-001 released as stable; gemini-embedding-exp-03-07 deprecated Aug 14Deprecation
Gemini API Batch Mode launched for asynchronous request processing
June 20254
May 20254
Gemini API tuning shut down as Gemini 1.5 Flash 001 is retiredDeprecation
Gemini 2.5 Flash preview 05-20 released, with multi-tool use and URL context tool
gemini-2.0-flash-preview-image-generation released in preview for image generation and editing
gemini-2.5-pro-preview-05-06 in preview, with better code and function calling
April 20254
March 20254
February 20257
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite generally available as gemini-2.0-flash-lite
Gemini API and AI Studio add support for Kosovo, Greenland and Faroe Islands
Gemini 1.0 Pro is no longer supportedDeprecation
Imagen 3 generally available in Gemini API; Google Gen AI SDK for Java in preview
Gemini 2.0 Flash generally available; Gemini 2.0 Pro and Flash-Lite in preview