Deprecation announcement

DeprecationJul 30, 2026VerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

The gemini-robotics-er-1.6-preview model will be shut down on August 31, 2026.

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https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/changelog#july-30-2026

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More Gemini API releases

Gemini APIJul 30, 2026

Gemini Robotics ER 2 in public preview

Released two new embodied reasoning model endpoints for robotics: gemini-robotics-er-2-preview: Advanced spatial reasoning, agentic code execution, multi-step tool orchestration, video moment finding, progress classification, and multi-robot coordination.

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Gemini APIJul 21, 2026

Gemini 3.6 Flash and Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite generally available (GA)

Released stable, production-ready versions of our latest 3.x Flash models: Gemini 3.6 Flash (gemini-3.6-flash): Features improved token efficiency and code/agentic planning capabilities at a lower price point than 3.5 Flash, resolving developer feedback around output verbosity.

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Gemini APIJul 21, 2026

Deprecated parameters

The sampling parameters temperature, top_p and top_k are now deprecated. See the Latest Gemini Model for details.

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Gemini APIAug 13, 2026

Gemini 3.7 Flash generally available (GA)

Released our most intelligent workhorse model yet for coding and agents: Gemini 3.7 Flash (gemini-3.7-flash): Substantial improvements across software engineering, web development, and agentic workflows, available at an introductory price through December 31, 2026. To get started, see the Gemini 3.7 Flash model page and the Latest model guide.

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Gemini APIJul 6, 2026

Gemini API developer logs now cover the Interactions API

Logs for supported Interactions API calls are now viewable in the AI Studio dashboard, making agent interactions easier to debug.

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Gemini APIAug 26, 2026

Gemini 3.5 Transcribe generally available (GA)

Released two dedicated speech-to-text models based on Gemini's audio understanding: Gemini 3.5 Transcribe (gemini-3.5-transcribe): High-accuracy, low-latency non-streaming speech-to-text with utterance-based language detection across 85+ languages, speaker diarization, word-level timestamps, and custom vocabulary biasing (up to 1,000 terms).

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Gemini APIAug 27, 2026

Gemini Omni Flash generally available (GA)

Released gemini-omni-1.1-flash, the GA version of our fast, conversational video generation and editing model. This release includes significant new capabilities: Video extension : Seamlessly extend existing videos by generating continuations at the end of a clip using the extend task or directly with a prompt.

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Gemini APIJun 30, 2026

Gemini Omni Flash in public preview

Released gemini-omni-flash-preview, a high-performance multimodal model designed for high-speed video generation and conversational video editing. Using the Interactions API, you can generate 3--10 second videos at 720p from text descriptions or animate still images, and then conversationally edit and refine the outputs.

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Also shipped on Jul 30, 2026

Snowflake SnowflakeJul 30, 2026

Adaptive refresh mode for dynamic tables (General availability)

ADAPTIVE refresh mode for dynamic tables is now generally available. ADAPTIVE refresh uses incremental refresh by default but automatically reinitializes the dynamic table when internal heuristics detect that the volume of upstream changes makes an incremental refresh significantly more expensive than a full refresh.

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Databricks AI/BI and GenieJul 30, 2026

Genie Agents enhancements and bug fixes

- Chat sharing : Sharing an individual Genie Agent conversation is now generally available. See Share a conversation . Download visualizations on Private Link (Beta) : You can now download visualization results through the Genie Conversation API on Private Link workspaces in supported regions. See the Conversation API reference .

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OpenAI OpenAI APIJul 30, 2026

OpenAI cuts GPT-5.6 Luna price 80% and Terra 20%, Fast mode replaces Priority

From July 30, GPT-5.6 Luna costs 80% less and Terra 20% less. Fast mode replaces Priority Processing, giving GPT-5.6 Sol up to 2.5x speed at twice the price, and priority requests map to it automatically.

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Microsoft Azure databases and analyticsJul 30, 2026

[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server in India South Central

Now you can deploy Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server in the India South Central Azure region. Learn more.

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OpenAI ChatGPTJul 30, 2026

Advancing the price-performance frontier with GPT-5.6

Explore lower GPT‑5.6 pricing for Luna and Terra, and how OpenAI’s more efficient models help enterprises deploy AI workflows at scale.

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GitHub GitHub CopilotJul 30, 2026

GitHub Models is now retired

As of July 30, 2026, GitHub Models is now retired. The playground, model catalog, inference API, and bring your own key (BYOK) are no longer available to any customer, including existing customers with active usage. This completes the retirement we announced on July 1 .

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