# When is imagen-3.0-generate-002 retired?

imagen-3.0-generate-002 on Google Gemini API was retired on Nov 10, 2025.

Google Gemini API recommends migrating to gemini-nano-banana-2.1.

- Provider: Google Gemini API
- Model ID: imagen-3.0-generate-002
- Status: retired
- Deprecation announced: unknown
- Shutdown date: 2025-11-10
- Replacement: gemini-nano-banana-2.1
- Replacement status: active
- Replacement kind: different_family
- End of replacement chain: gemini-nano-banana-2.1 (active, google-gemini)
- Official source: https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations
- Last checked: 2026-11-02T15:14:04+00:00
- Check status: not_verified
- Provider coverage today: https://aideprecations.com/api/v1/coverage.json
- Page: https://aideprecations.com/google-gemini/imagen-3-0-generate-002/

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