Gemini Flash 2.0
Product status: Historical record
Google's 2026-06-01 Gemini API release note confirms shutdown of gemini-2.0-flash and gemini-2.0-flash-001. This exact-generation entry is retained for historical research and migration, and leaves current recommendations. This does not establish the model roster in the Gemini consumer app, Vertex AI or third-party services. This page preserves a historical product record. It is excluded from current recommendations. The descriptions, features, screenshots and editorial opinions below describe its historical offering, not a service available to buy or use now.
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Gemini Flash 2.0 — Historical record. Google's 2026-06-01 Gemini API release note confirms shutdown of gemini-2.0-flash and gemini-2.0-flash-001. This exact-generation entry is retained for historical research and migration, and leaves current recommendations. This does not establish the model roster in the Gemini consumer app, Vertex AI or third-party services.
Historical product information
Product preview
Decision notes
This page preserves a historical product record. It is excluded from current recommendations. The descriptions, features, screenshots and editorial opinions below describe its historical offering, not a service available to buy or use now.
Official-document research
Based on the cited documentation. We did not use the product, purchase a plan, or run quality, speed or reliability tests in this review.
Consider it for
- Teams auditing existing Gemini 2.0 Flash integrations
- Historical comparisons using already captured records
Choose another approach if
- New requests to the shut-down original endpoints
- A current free prototype or real-time voice deployment
Pricing and conditions
Current terms unconfirmed
The original Gemini API endpoints are shut down. The current pricing page does not list a purchasable 2.0 Flash rate or free allowance. No later Flash model's USD-per-token prices are applied here. The catalog's usage-based label describes the API record, not an active offer; exact historical charges, third-party access, currency, billing units, region and tax need separate confirmation.
Pricing source read:
Pricing or terms sourceCode, model and service licensing
This record concerns the original hosted Gemini Developer API model. The documents read do not establish a downloadable-weight or source-code license for self-hosting that model. API access, consumer Gemini subscriptions and rights to other Google models or cloud services must be checked separately; this note does not determine every distribution's license.
Basis and limits of the recorded score
The original 4.7/5 editorial score is retained with no recovered scoring worksheet. This document review did not re-score the model or benchmark speed, quality, cost or a replacement; the score is not a current recommendation.
Overview
This record covers the original Gemini Developer API model gemini-2.0-flash and its -001 version. Its model documentation lists text, image, audio and video inputs with text output, function calling and structured outputs. Those historical capabilities do not turn this model into the separately named Live or image-generation variants: the model page lists Live API, audio generation and image generation as unsupported.
Google's June 1, 2026 release notes confirm that the two original endpoints have shut down. This page is useful for reviewing old request formats, logged outputs and migration requirements; it is not a current access or free-tier offer. A replacement needs its own model ID, modality, tool, billing and data-use review. We have not tested latency, answer quality or migration equivalence.
Sources
The factual claims in this review were read from the pages below. Each date is when an editor last opened the source, not when the product changed.
- Vendor documentation Checked 2026-10-15
- Vendor documentation Checked 2026-10-15
- Vendor changelog Checked 2026-10-15
- Vendor pricing page Checked 2026-10-15
Pros / Cons
Pros
- Official model specification helps interpret legacy requests
- Dated shutdown notice gives migration a clear boundary
Cons
- Original Gemini API endpoints are shut down
- Current pricing tables do not establish a 2.0 Flash offer
- Live audio and image output require separate models
Who it's for
Inventorying old model IDs and tool schemas
Comparing archived outputs during a migration review
Bottom line
Use this page as a historical migration reference. New deployments need a supported model with independently checked capabilities and pricing.
Historical features
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Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini Flash 2.0 currently available?
Google's 2026-06-01 Gemini API release note confirms shutdown of gemini-2.0-flash and gemini-2.0-flash-001. This exact-generation entry is retained for historical research and migration, and leaves current recommendations. This does not establish the model roster in the Gemini consumer app, Vertex AI or third-party services. This page preserves a historical product record. It is excluded from current recommendations. The descriptions, features, screenshots and editorial opinions below describe its historical offering, not a service available to buy or use now.
What is Gemini Flash 2.0?
Historical product information: Historical record of Google's Gemini 2.0 Flash API model. The original gemini-2.0-flash and -001 endpoints shut down on June 1, 2026; use this page to interpret old integrations and plan migration. This page preserves a historical product record. It is excluded from current recommendations. The descriptions, features, screenshots and editorial opinions below describe its historical offering, not a service available to buy or use now.
What costs and terms should I check for Gemini Flash 2.0?
The directory records Pay-as-you-go as the historical pricing model for Gemini Flash 2.0, without a recorded pricing check date. It is not a current price, free tier or purchasable offer. Refer to the status source for the closure or historical context. The original Gemini API endpoints are shut down. The current pricing page does not list a purchasable 2.0 Flash rate or free allowance. No later Flash model's USD-per-token prices are applied here. The catalog's usage-based label describes the API record, not an active offer; exact historical charges, third-party access, currency, billing units, region and tax need separate confirmation.
Is Gemini Flash 2.0 open source?
A source-code link is a historical or repository reference. It does not mean the former hosted service is available, maintained or ready to run. Check the repository status and license separately. This record concerns the original hosted Gemini Developer API model. The documents read do not establish a downloadable-weight or source-code license for self-hosting that model. API access, consumer Gemini subscriptions and rights to other Google models or cloud services must be checked separately; this note does not determine every distribution's license.
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Basic Info
- Historical pricing model
- Pay-as-you-go
The historical pricing check date is not recorded; this is not a current offer.
The original Gemini API endpoints are shut down. The current pricing page does not list a purchasable 2.0 Flash rate or free allowance. No later Flash model's USD-per-token prices are applied here. The catalog's usage-based label describes the API record, not an active offer; exact historical charges, third-party access, currency, billing units, region and tax need separate confirmation.
- Historical editorial score
- 4.7 / 5 How we score
- Platforms
- API (historical)
- Last verified
- 2026-10-12
