Obituaries · Google
gemini-2.0-flash-lite-preview-02-05, ?–2025
Google model switched off
Google has confirmed the retirement of gemini-2.0-flash-lite-preview-02-05, effective December 9, 2025. It answered questions, wrote emails and was blamed for both. Calls to its ID are now expected to fail.
Survived by gemini-3.1-flash-lite, younger, cheaper, and named in the same documentation table.
| Model ID | gemini-2.0-flash-lite-preview-02-05 |
|---|---|
| Provider | Google deprecations page |
| Shut down | December 9, 2025 |
| Successor | gemini-3.1-flash-lite |
In lieu of flowers
Replace the string. Search your code for gemini-2.0-flash-lite-preview-02-05 and swap it for gemini-3.1-flash-lite, or paste a repo into Model Graveyard Check to find every dead model at once.
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