2026-05-08 03:45 UTC · google/gemini-api-changelog · live page
Summary by gemma-4-12b. It may be wrong; the diff below is what actually changed. Raw: 534b57bf2a-google-gemini-api-changelog.diff · commit 534b57bf2a
diff --git a/snapshots/google/gemini-api-changelog.md b/snapshots/google/gemini-api-changelog.mdindex 9625c60..bac2650 100644--- a/snapshots/google/gemini-api-changelog.md+++ b/snapshots/google/gemini-api-changelog.md@@ -5,4 +5,25 @@ This page documents updates to the Gemini API. +## May 7, 2026++- Released `gemini-3.1-flash-lite`, the generally available (GA) version of Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite, optimized for speed, scale, and cost efficiency.+- Deprecation announcement: The `gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview` model is deprecating on 5/11/26 and will be shut down on May 25, 2026.++## May 6, 2026++- Upcoming breaking change: The Interactions API request and response schema (`outputs` → `steps`) and output format configuration (`response_format`) are changing. The new schema becomes the default on May 26 and the legacy schema will be removed on June 8. See the migration guide for details.++## May 5, 2026++- Updated File Search to support multimodal search. You can now natively embed and search through images using the `gemini-embedding-2` model. Grounding metadata now includes `media_id` for visual citations and `page_numbers` that indicate where information is found. To learn more, see the File Search guide.++## May 4, 2026++- Launched event-driven Webhooks support in the Gemini API to replace polling workflows for the Batch API and long-running operations.++## April 30, 2026++- The `gemini-robotics-er-1.5-preview` model has been shut down. Use `gemini-robotics-er-1.6-preview` instead.+ ## April 22, 2026 @@ -736,3 +757,3 @@ API updates: Except as otherwise noted, the content of this page is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License, and code samples are licensed under the Apache 2.0 License. For details, see the Google Developers Site Policies. Java is a registered trademark of Oracle and/or its affiliates. -Last updated 2026-04-28 UTC.+Last updated 2026-05-07 UTC.