# Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite Preview: Provider API status update

Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite Preview: Provider API status update. First seen 20 Oct 2026. 2 evidence links.

- Kind: Provider API status update
- Developer: Google
- Confidence: Confirmed
- First seen: 2026-10-20T00:55:04.008Z
- Model: [Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite Preview](https://alexgetman.com/models/google/gemini-2-0-flash-lite-preview/)
- Canonical: https://alexgetman.com/signals/2026/10/20/gemini-2-0-flash-lite-preview-02-05/

## Provider API status update

- Google Gemini · gemini-2.0-flash-lite-preview
- Model inference · Preview
- Retirement: 2025-12-09

## Evidence links

- [Gemini · deprecations](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations?hl=en)
- [Arena · leaderboards](https://aistudio.google.com/prompts/new_chat?model=gemini-2.0-flash-lite)