# Google DeepMind — Gemini 3.7 Flash deprecation

- Company: Google DeepMind (deepmind.google)
- Announced: 2026-10-08
- Category: deprecation
- Coverage: not counted
- Announcement: yes
- Group: announcements
- Source: https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/changelog#10-08-2026
- Record: https://forck.live/items/23994-gemini-3-7-flash-deprecation
- Subject: Gemini API
- Models affected: gemini-3.7-flash, gemini-3.8-flash

Google DeepMind has deprecated Gemini 3.7 Flash and replaced it with Gemini 3.8 Flash, making the older model no longer selectable in Google AI Studio. API requests to the deprecated model are automatically routed to the new version. The company advises developers to update their model string to gemini-3.8-flash and consult the Gemini 3.8 Flash guide.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/changelog#10-08-2026:

> gemini-3.7-flash is deprecated and has been replaced by gemini-3.8-flash. It is no longer available to select in Google AI Studio, and API requests to gemini-3.7-flash are automatically routed to gemini-3.8-flash.

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