Google DeepMind put a retirement notice on gemini-nano-banana-2.1, reading "October 6, 2026 | No retirement date announced".
Google DeepMindDEPRECATIONADDEDTUE OCT 6, 15:35
The line, as the page carries it
+gemini-nano-banana-2.1: "October 6, 2026 | No retirement date announced"
The record
| DOCUMENT | https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/models/model-versions |
|---|---|
| SOURCE | gdm-model-versions |
| ROW | gemini-nano-banana-2.1 |
| OPERATION | added |
| BEFORE | Nothing was recorded because the row did not exist. |
| AFTER | October 6, 2026 | No retirement date announced |
| READ AT | 2026-10-06T15:35:55.580Z |
| SIGNALS | date, modelId, lifecycle |
What went out
- BLUESKY2026-10-06 19:26Google DeepMind's Google Cloud model versions page added gemini-nano-banana-2.1 with "October 6, 2026 | No retirement date announced". #TechBluesky