Is gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio deprecated?

Q: Is gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio deprecated?

Not yet, but retirement is scheduled. Sunset scheduled for 2026-12-13, reported by a third-party catalog. The identifier still resolves today.

RETIRING IN 74 DAYS

Sunset scheduled for 2026-12-13, reported by a third-party catalog. The identifier still resolves today.

state=dying sunset=2026-12-13 days_remaining=74 severity=high sources=litellm evidence_tier=catalog confirmed_by_endpoint=false documented_by_provider=false replacement=none corroborated=single-source divergent_fields=none checked=2026-09-30 15:40Z

google/gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio

Vendor: google. Tracked by 1 of 5 sources.

What each source reports

**endpoint** = the provider's own machine-readable API, the strongest evidence. **provider docs** = the provider's own documentation, read by a model — first-party content, inferred reading. Unlabelled rows are third-party catalogs. Where sources disagree both values are shown rather than silently reconciled.
Source	ID	Context	Max out	In $/Mtok	Out $/Mtok	Sunset
litellm	vertex_ai/gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio	—	—	$0.5	$2	2026-12-13

Change history

Severity	Change	What	Detected
high	deprecated	vertex_ai/gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio: deprecation announced for 2026-12-13 — in 80 days	2026-09-24
high	deprecated	vertex_ai/gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio: retires 2026-12-13 (in 80 days)	2026-09-24
low	added	new model vertex_ai/gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio	2026-09-23
low	added	new model vertex_ai/gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio	2026-09-15