Models & Assistants
Gemini 3.6 Flash and 3.5 Flash-Lite are now generally available
Google's new Gemini 3.6 Flash uses 17% fewer output tokens, scores 83% on computer use, and costs $1.50/$7.50 per million tokens.
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Gemini API
9 posts about Gemini API from Simon Carter.
Developer Tools & APIs
Imagen 4 endpoints shut down on 17 August 2026: and the migration is more than a model rename
Imagen 4 model endpoints hard-shut-down 17 August 2026. Migration means switching method, model name, and response parsing.
Developer Tools & APIs
Google is shutting down its Gemini image preview models on June 25 — here's how to migrate
Gemini's preview image generation models are deprecated with a hard shutdown on June 25, 2026. Here's what to change and when.
Developer Tools & APIs
Google is deprecating Veo 2 and Veo 3 on the Gemini API — here's what you need to do before June 30, 2026
Veo 2 and Veo 3 model IDs on the Gemini API are being shut down on June 30, 2026. Migrate to Veo 3.1 Preview or the Enterprise GA models now.
Cloud & Infrastructure
Google capped Meta's Gemini access because it ran out of compute
Google restricted Meta's Gemini API usage due to compute constraints, forcing staff to ration AI tokens and highlighting the supply crunch hitting enterprise AI.
Developer Tools & APIs
Google Lyria 3 Pro is now available on Vertex AI — here's what developers get
Google has opened Lyria 3 Pro and Lyria 3 Clip to enterprise developers via Vertex AI, marking the first public API access to the Lyria 3 model family.
Developer Tools & APIs
Gemini Interactions API: The June 8 Hard Removal Is Done — Here's What Breaks and How to Fix It
The legacy Gemini Interactions API outputs schema was permanently removed on June 8, 2026. Here's what changed, what's broken, and how to migrate.
Developer Tools & APIs
Gemini Image Models Hit GA: What the Flash and Pro Releases Mean for Developers
Google's gemini-3.1-flash-image and gemini-3-pro-image are now generally available, with video-to-image generation added and preview models shutting down June 25.
Developer Tools & APIs
Google Gemini API now supports event-driven webhooks — no more polling for batch jobs
Google's Gemini API now pushes notifications when batch jobs and long-running operations finish, eliminating the need to poll for status.