Obituaries · Google
gemini-2.5-pro-preview-05-06, ?–2025
Retired by Google
Google has confirmed the retirement of gemini-2.5-pro-preview-05-06, effective December 2, 2025. It answered questions, wrote emails and was blamed for both. Requests addressed to it are expected to come back unanswered.
It is survived by gemini-3.8-flash, who is already doing the job.
| Model ID | gemini-2.5-pro-preview-05-06 |
|---|---|
| Provider | Google deprecations page |
| Shut down | December 2, 2025 |
| Successor | gemini-3.8-flash |
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Replace the string. Search your code for gemini-2.5-pro-preview-05-06 and swap it for gemini-3.8-flash, or paste a repo into Model Graveyard Check to find every dead model at once.
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