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gemini-live-2.5-flash-native-audio model retirement
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On December 13, 2026, the model gemini-live-2.5-flash-native-audio will be retired. Calls targeting this model after that day will fail. Vertex AI will no longer serve requests sent to this model identifier.
The error you get from December 13, 2026
What Vertex AI answers a call to gemini-live-2.5-flash-native-audio once the model is gone, as recorded from real responses:
{"error":{"code":404,"message":"Publisher model `projects/{project}/locations/{region}/publishers/google/models/gemini-live-2.5-flash-native-audio` was not found or your project does not have access to it. Ensure you are using a valid model name and that the model is available in the specified region.","status":"NOT_FOUND"}}What to use instead of gemini-live-2.5-flash-native-audio
Move to gemini-3.8-live, recommended by Google.
In Vertex AI's words
Model ID: gemini-live-2.5-flash-native-audio; Release date: December 12, 2025; Retirement date: December 13, 2026; Replacement model ID: gemini-3.8-live
Facts
- API
- Vertex AI
aiplatform.googleapis.com - Model
gemini-live-2.5-flash-native-audio- Kind
- Model retirement
- Takes effect
- December 13, 2026
- Calls after that day
- Fail
- Source
- Deprecations page
- Last updated
- Verified
- , against Vertex AI's own pages
Questions
When does gemini-live-2.5-flash-native-audio shut down?
Calls to the model gemini-live-2.5-flash-native-audio on Vertex AI stop working on December 13, 2026.
What happens to calls after December 13, 2026?
They fail from that day.
What error does gemini-live-2.5-flash-native-audio return once it is shut down?
Vertex AI answers HTTP 404: "Publisher model `projects/{project}/locations/{region}/publishers/google/models/gemini-live-2.5-flash-native-audio` was not found or your project does not have access to it. Ensure you are using a valid model name and that the model is available in the specified region.". Send another model to fix it.
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