Google retires a Gemini image model 154 days after release, on 23 days' notice

T2Covered by 1 source · first reported by UploadVR / Road to VR / MIXED at 07 Oct, 06:46 UTC

Google has put a shutdown date on gemini-3.1-flash-image, the Gemini API image model it released on 28 May 2026, and the date is 29 October 2026. Google published the deprecation in its Gemini API release notes dated 6 October 2026: "The gemini-3.1-flash-image model is deprecated and will be shut…

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• T2Google retires a Gemini image model 154 days after release, on 23 days' noticeUploadVR / Road to VR / MIXED07 Oct, 06:46