Obituaries · Google

gemini-2.0-flash-lite, ?–2026

Google model switched off

Google has confirmed the retirement of gemini-2.0-flash-lite, effective June 1, 2026. 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`
Provider	Google deprecations page
Shut down	June 1, 2026
Successor	`gemini-3.1-flash-lite`

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Replace the string. Search your code for gemini-2.0-flash-lite 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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