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SUNSET — The image generation models shut down today, August 17: imagen-4.0-generate-001, ultra, fast, and the Gemini 3 Image family, and calls after that fail with a hard errorSCALE — Gemini crossed one billion monthly active users on August 11ASSISTANT — Starting September 4, Gemini replaces Google Assistant on Android and Wear OS, a rollout expected to take several weeks and one you cannot reverse on a deviceDEVICES — The change covers Android phones and tablets, Wear OS watches, Assistant-enabled headphones, and phone-projected Android Auto; cars with Google built-in keep workingSPARK — Since August 13, Gemini 3.7 Flash has powered Gemini Spark for AI Pro and Ultra subscribers across more than 160 countriesPRICE — Gemini 3.7 Flash carries introductory pricing of $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 output through December 31, moving to $1.50 and $7.50 after thatSUNSET — The image generation models shut down today, August 17: imagen-4.0-generate-001, ultra, fast, and the Gemini 3 Image family, and calls after that fail with a hard errorSCALE — Gemini crossed one billion monthly active users on August 11ASSISTANT — Starting September 4, Gemini replaces Google Assistant on Android and Wear OS, a rollout expected to take several weeks and one you cannot reverse on a deviceDEVICES — The change covers Android phones and tablets, Wear OS watches, Assistant-enabled headphones, and phone-projected Android Auto; cars with Google built-in keep workingSPARK — Since August 13, Gemini 3.7 Flash has powered Gemini Spark for AI Pro and Ultra subscribers across more than 160 countriesPRICE — Gemini 3.7 Flash carries introductory pricing of $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 output through December 31, moving to $1.50 and $7.50 after that
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Your Shipped App Still Remembers the Retired Model

Finishing the server-side migration is only half of a model retirement. The older builds of your app still hold the old model name, and once the cutoff passes, rolling back stops being a recovery option. Here is how I moved model resolution onto the server.