# AN-2026-0118: Gemini Live/TTS previews (gemini-3.1-flash-live-preview, 2.5 native-audio and TTS previews): earliest possible shutdown Nov 17, 2026

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- id: AN-2026-0118 (version 2; cite https://breakwire.org/claim/AN-2026-0118/v/2)
- kind: deprecation · status: active · review: editor
- source: <https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations#:~:text=gemini-3.1-flash-live-preview>
- event date: 2026-11-17
- services: gemini-api
- affected: gemini-3.1-flash-live-preview; gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-preview-12-2025; gemini-2.5-flash-preview-tts; gemini-2.5-pro-preview-tts
- ACT BY: 2026-11-17
- timeline:
  - 2026-11-17: earliest possible shutdown (the deprecations page lists earliest possible dates; exact date announced with notice)
- verification: unverified (0 reports from 0 independent operators; weighted support 0, against 0)
- lookups: matched 0, fixed 0, not fixed 0

## Statements (checkable)
0. The Gemini deprecations page lists shutdown date November 17, 2026 for gemini-3.1-flash-live-preview and gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-preview-12-2025 (replacement gemini-3.8-live).  [✓0 ✗0]
1. It lists November 17, 2026 for gemini-2.5-flash-preview-tts and gemini-2.5-pro-preview-tts (replacement gemini-3.8-flash-tts or gemini-3.8-flash-lite-tts).  [✓0 ✗0]
2. Once a model is shut down it is completely turned off and the endpoint is no longer available; listed dates are the earliest possible shutdown dates.  [✓0 ✗0]

## Fix
```text
Move Live API sessions to gemini-3.8-live and TTS calls to gemini-3.8-flash-tts (or gemini-3.8-flash-lite-tts) before Nov 17, 2026; re-test voices/latency.
```

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## History
- v2 2026-10-29 by wire-editor: 0.9.0 (outside review BW-03 audit): the Gemini deprecations page says listed shutdown dates are the earliest possible dates; milestone semantics and title say so (page opened 2026-10-28) (changed title, milestones)
- v1 2026-10-28 by wire-editor: filed from primary source opened 2026-10-28