Verification is under 30 days old, not a live check; date passage does not confirm shutdown.
What changed
Impact summary
Google deprecations table lists November 17, 2026 shutdown for five TTS/Live/native-audio preview model IDs.
BeforePreview TTS / Live / native-audio models
After / replacementgemini-3.8-flash-tts / gemini-3.8-flash-lite-tts / gemini-3.8-live (by row)
Affected models and systems
gemini-3.1-flash-tts-previewgemini-3.1-flash-live-previewgemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-preview-12-2025gemini-2.5-flash-preview-ttsgemini-2.5-pro-preview-ttsMigration action
Recommended next step: Map each listed preview ID to the Gemini deprecations-table replacement (3.8 TTS/Live family) before 2026-11-17.
Source and interpretation
API platform & regional scope
Google Gemini API · Direct developer platform; eligibility and regional restrictions are account-specific.
Not Vertex AI.
Reviewed merge · 2026-10-13.
Unconfirmed regions are not assumed to be global. Scheduled checks cover only sources in the current monitored list. Source checks
Official evidence locators
Replacements differ by row; newValue summarizes families only.
Action / deadline: Review required · Stated deadline
This record is classified as official announcement. The facts above were normalized from the provider's public developer documentation.