Is gemini-live-2.5-flash-native-audio deprecated?

Q: Is gemini-live-2.5-flash-native-audio deprecated?

Not yet, but retirement is scheduled. Sunset scheduled for 2026-12-13, reported by a third-party catalog. The identifier still resolves today.

RETIRING IN 94 DAYS

Sunset scheduled for 2026-12-13, reported by a third-party catalog. The identifier still resolves today.

state=dying sunset=2026-12-13 days_remaining=94 severity=high sources=litellm evidence_tier=catalog confirmed_by_endpoint=false documented_by_provider=false replacement=none corroborated=single-source divergent_fields=none checked=2026-09-10 14:50Z

google/gemini-live-2.5-flash-native-audio

Vendor: google. Tracked by 1 of 5 sources.

What each source reports

**endpoint** = the provider's own machine-readable API, the strongest evidence. **provider docs** = the provider's own documentation, read by a model — first-party content, inferred reading. Unlabelled rows are third-party catalogs. Where sources disagree both values are shown rather than silently reconciled.
Source	ID	Context	Max out	In $/Mtok	Out $/Mtok	Sunset
litellm	gemini-live-2.5-flash-native-audio	131,072	65,536	$0.5	$2	2026-12-13

Change history

Severity	Change	What	Detected
high	modified	gemini-live-2.5-flash-native-audio: context_tokens cut 1,048,576 to 131,072	2026-09-10
high	modified	gemini-live-2.5-flash-native-audio: capabilities lost pdf_input, prompt_caching, response_schema, url_context	2026-09-10
low	modified	gemini-live-2.5-flash-native-audio: max_output_tokens raised 65,535 to 65,536	2026-09-10
medium	deprecated	gemini-live-2.5-flash-native-audio: deprecation announced for 2026-12-13 — in 103 days	2026-09-01
medium	deprecated	gemini-live-2.5-flash-native-audio: retires 2026-12-13 (in 103 days)	2026-09-01
low	added	new model gemini-live-2.5-flash-native-audio (1,048,576 ctx)	2026-08-28