gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-preview-12-2025 model retirement
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On November 17, 2026, the model gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-preview-12-2025 will be retired. Calls made to this model will fail after that date. Requests sent to generativelanguage.googleapis.com using this identifier will no longer be served.
The error you get from November 17, 2026
What Gemini API answers a call to gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-preview-12-2025 once the model is gone, as recorded from real responses:
{"error":{"code":404,"message":"This model models/gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-preview-12-2025 is no longer available to new users. Please update your code to use a newer model for the latest features and improvements.","status":"NOT_FOUND"}}{"error":{"code":404,"message":"models/gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-preview-12-2025 is not found for API version v1beta, or is not supported for generateContent. Call ModelService.ListModels to see the list of available models and their supported methods.","status":"NOT_FOUND"}}What to use instead of gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-preview-12-2025
Move to the recommended replacement gemini-3.8-live.
In Gemini API's words
Model: gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-preview-12-2025; Release date: December 12, 2025; Shutdown date: November 17, 2026; Recommended replacement: gemini-3.8-live
Facts
- API
- Gemini API
generativelanguage.googleapis.com - Model
gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-preview-12-2025- Kind
- Model retirement
- Takes effect
- November 17, 2026
- Calls after that day
- Fail
- Source
- Deprecations page
- Last updated
- Verified
- , against Gemini API's own pages
Questions
When does gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-preview-12-2025 shut down?
Calls to the model gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-preview-12-2025 stop working on November 17, 2026.
What happens to calls after November 17, 2026?
They fail from that day.
What error does gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-preview-12-2025 return once it is shut down?
Gemini API answers HTTP 404: "This model models/gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-preview-12-2025 is no longer available to new users. Please update your code to use a newer model for the latest features and improvements.". Send another model to fix it.
How do I find the calls this hits in my code?
Okapi reads your repository, finds the calls this change hits and opens a pull request with the fix. It never commits to your branches: every change comes as a pull request you review.
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