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Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite

Retired · Language, Multimodal

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is a multimodal language model from Google, released in public preview on 5 February 2025 and generally available in the Gemini API, through Google AI Studio and Vertex AI, from 25 February. It took text, image, audio and video input with a context window of 1,048,576 tokens, returned text, and was shut down on 1 June 2026. [1] [2] [3]Model Information [4]June 1, 2026 Primary source

Timeline of Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite →

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  • Released Public preview (gemini-2.0-flash-lite-preview-02-05); generally available on 2025-02-25. Primary source[1]2.0 Flash-Lite section [4]February 5, 2025 [5]Gemini 2.0 models: gemini-2.0-flash-lite-preview-02-05
  • Deprecated Date of the deprecation announcement in the Gemini API release notes. Primary source[4]February 18, 2026
  • Retired Primary source[4]June 1, 2026 [5]Gemini 2.0 models [6]Retired models
  • Generally available (gemini-2.0-flash-lite-001) Primary source[4]February 25, 2025 [2] [5]Gemini 2.0 models
  • Status Retired Primary source[5]Gemini 2.0 models [4]June 1, 2026 [7]warning banner [6]Retired models
  • Replaced by Gemini 3.1 Flash-LiteRecommended replacement for gemini-2.0-flash-lite on the Gemini API deprecations page and the Agent Platform model versions page when checked on 2026-10-01. The deprecations page names gemini-2.5-flash-lite as the replacement for the earlier preview IDs. Primary source[5]Gemini 2.0 models [7]warning banner [6]Retired models
    • Change · Other Google says it offers better quality than Gemini 1.5 Flash at the same speed and cost.Compared with Gemini 1.5 Flash Primary source[1]2.0 Flash-Lite section
    • Change · Other Uses a single price per input type, dropping the split between short and long context prices used for Gemini 1.5 Flash.Compared with Gemini 1.5 Flash Primary source[8]
    • Input text, image, audio, video Primary source[7]Supported data types [3]Model Information: Inputs
    • Output text Primary source[7]Supported data types [3]Model Information: Outputs
    • Feature Function calling Primary source[7]Capabilities
    • Context window 1,048,576 tokens Primary source[7]Token limits: input token limit [3]Model Information: Inputs
    • Parameters Not disclosedNot disclosed by Google. No claim madeNo source
    • Access APIGemini API in Google AI Studio and Vertex AI. Primary source[1]2.0 Flash-Lite section [2]

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