Gemini 3.5 Flash has been deprecated and auto-redirected
Gemini 3.5 Flash is now deprecated and no longer available as an independent model in the Gemini API and Google AI Studio. All traffic is automatically redirected to Gemini 3.6 Flash.
Learn more about Gemini 3.6 Flash
What this means for you
- No action required: Your existing API requests to gemini-3.5-flash are automatically rerouted to gemini-3.6-flash. No immediate code changes are required to maintain uptime.
- Pricing: Gemini 3.6 Flash is available at the same $1.50 / 1M input token price and a lower $7.50 / 1M output token price. Currently, there is a promotional discount of 50% which brings down the cost to $0.75 / 1M input and $3.75 output, so you will see a decrease in billing assuming the same amount of tokens.
- Update your code to call gemini-3.6-flash directly to minimize risk of future service disruptions.