Track all Google Cloud pricing changes, new free tiers, and developer program updates announced at Google Cloud Next 2026. 29 services tracked with 29 current offerings.
This page will be updated with final announcements after the event (April 22–24, 2026). Information below reflects confirmed and leaked pre-event announcements as of April 15, 2026.
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Recent Updates
Pricing changes and updates from event vendors since April 2026.
The Gemini API keeps running. The Deep Research agent preview deep-research-pro-preview-12-2025 can be called until October 23, 2026, when Google shuts it down. Google names deep-research-preview-04-2026 as the replacement. Source ↗
The Gemini API keeps running. Gemini Omni Flash Preview (gemini-omni-flash-preview) and the Veo 3.1 preview models (veo-3.1-generate-preview, veo-3.1-fast-generate-preview and veo-3.1-lite-generate-preview) can be called until October 22, 2026, when Google shuts them down. Google names gemini-omni-1.1-flash as the replacement for all four. Source ↗
On Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform (formerly Vertex AI), Google retired gemini-2.5-pro, gemini-2.5-flash and gemini-2.5-flash-lite on October 20, 2026. Google names gemini-3.8-flash as a replacement for all three. On the Gemini API, Google shuts down gemini-2.5-pro and gemini-2.5-flash on December 1, 2026. gemini-2.5-flash-lite has no shutdown date on the Gemini API. Source ↗
Since 2026-09-18 Google serves the Gemini 2.5 models only to users who have used them before, and points new projects to 3.5 Flash-Lite or 3.8 Flash. Source ↗
On 2026-09-18 Google stopped renewing every remaining standalone Google Developer Program Premium subscription, Workspace accounts included. Monthly Google Developer Program Premium subscribers keep Premium benefits until 2026-10-18 and annual subscribers until 2027-09-18; their membership then returns to the standard tier. Google recommends AI Pro or AI Ultra for consumers, and Gemini Enterprise for enterprises. Source ↗
reducedFirebaseeffective 2026-09-01medium impact
From September 1, 2026, Firebase limits Remote Config on the no-cost Spark plan to 100,000 fetch requests a day per project. A Spark project over the limit keeps full service for 30 days from the first day it goes over, and after that requests above the limit are throttled unless it upgrades to Blaze. Blaze has the same 100,000 a day at no cost and then $0.06 per 10,000 requests. Firebase's pricing page had listed Remote Config as no-cost before. This applies to projects that enable Remote Config on or after September 1, 2026. Older Spark projects follow on December 1, 2026. Source ↗
deprecatedGoogle Content API for Shoppingeffective 2026-08-18high impact
Google Content API for Shopping was sunset on 2026-08-18, and its requests have returned progressive errors since 2026-09-01. Google names the Merchant API, generally available since July 2025, as its successor; developers who need more time can apply for extended access. Source ↗
Google Tenor API shut down on June 30, 2026, and new API key sign-ups stopped on January 13, 2026. Only the API ended: Tenor.com, the GIF Keyboard apps and Gboard still serve Tenor GIFs. Developers who used the API need another GIF API. Source ↗
Google stopped serving Gemini Code Assist for individuals, its free tier, on 2026-06-18. The IDE extensions and Gemini CLI no longer accept Login with Google for the individuals, Google AI Pro and Google AI Ultra tiers. Google stopped selling new Standard and Enterprise subscriptions on 2026-10-09. Existing subscribers can add licenses until 2027-01-31. Annual subscriptions can auto-renew until 2027-01-31; monthly subscriptions can auto-renew until 2027-12-31. Agentic coding assistance is now available through Antigravity, included in Gemini Enterprise editions. Source ↗
Gemini 2.0 Flash and 2.0 Flash-Lite were shut down on 2026-06-01, as Google announced on 2026-02-18. Google names gemini-3.6-flash as the replacement for 2.0 Flash and gemini-3.1-flash-lite for 2.0 Flash-Lite. Source ↗
Google Maps Platform client ID authentication reached its announced end date on May 31, 2026 and is being phased out: Google periodically blocks client ID requests ahead of a final termination date it has not published. API keys replace it. Source ↗
new tierGoogleeffective 2026-05-19medium impact
Google added a Google AI Ultra plan at $99.99 a month with $40 a month in Google Cloud credits, and cut the top AI Ultra plan from $249.99 to $199.99 a month; the top plan keeps $100 a month in credits. Source ↗
On April 22, 2026, Vertex AI Vector Search 2.0 was renamed Agent Retrieval. This was part of the Vertex AI to Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform naming changes. The documentation page is now titled "Agent Retrieval (formerly Vector Search 2.0)". Source ↗
Google began enforcing billing-account-level spend caps on April 1, 2026. When a tier's spend cap is reached, API requests pause until the next billing month. Affects pay-as-you-go developers who may see unexpected request pausing. Source ↗
Upcoming Changes
These are announced changes that have not taken effect yet, listed soonest first.
The Gemini API keeps running. The text-to-speech previews gemini-2.5-flash-preview-tts, gemini-2.5-pro-preview-tts and gemini-3.1-flash-tts-preview, and the Live API previews gemini-3.1-flash-live-preview and gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-preview-12-2025, can be called until November 17, 2026, when Google shuts them down. Google names gemini-3.8-flash-tts or gemini-3.8-flash-lite-tts as the replacement for each text-to-speech preview, and gemini-3.8-live for both Live API previews. Source ↗
Google Antigravity's Free and Google AI Plus plans keep running. Until November 18, 2026, they include Claude Sonnet 4.6, Claude Opus 4.6 and GPT-OSS-120b; Google removes these models on that date, leaving Gemini 3.8 Flash as the only reasoning model on those plans. Source ↗
The Gemini API keeps serving gemini-3.6-flash with no shutdown date. On Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform (formerly Vertex AI), gemini-3.6-flash can be called until November 19, 2026, when Google retires it. Google names gemini-3.8-flash as the replacement. Source ↗
Google shuts down Gemini 2.5 Pro (gemini-2.5-pro) and Gemini 2.5 Flash (gemini-2.5-flash) on the Gemini API on December 1, 2026. Both can be used until that date. After the shutdown, requests that still name gemini-2.5-pro are answered by a different model, gemini-3.8-flash, billed at Gemini 3.8 Flash rates, and requests that still name gemini-2.5-flash are answered by gemini-3.5-flash-lite, billed at Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite rates. Google deprecated both on 2026-11-02 and lists breaking API changes in a migration guide for each replacement. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite (gemini-2.5-flash-lite) is not deprecated. The Gemini API keeps running. Source ↗
Gemini 4 Argon on the Gemini API has introductory pricing through November 30, 2026. Standard input is $2.00 per million tokens through November 30, 2026, then $4.00 from December 1, 2026. Output is $10.00 then $20.00. Batch and Flex input is $1.00 then $2.00, output $5.00 then $10.00. Priority input is $3.60 then $7.20, output $18.00 then $36.00. It is not available on the Free tier. Source ↗
reducedFirebaseeffective 2026-12-01medium impact
Firebase Spark projects that enabled Remote Config before September 1, 2026 can use it under the old terms until December 1, 2026. From December 1, 2026, the 100,000-fetches-a-day limit applies to them, with 30 days of full service from the first day they go over, then throttling unless they upgrade to Blaze. A Spark project that upgrades to Blaze before November 15, 2026 is not billed for Remote Config until February 1, 2027. Blaze projects from before September 1, 2026 start Remote Config billing on February 1, 2027. Source ↗
Gemini 4 Carbon (gemini-4-carbon), generally available on the Gemini API since November 10, 2026, has introductory pricing through November 30, 2026. Standard input is $2.00 per million tokens through November 30, 2026, then $4.00 from December 1, 2026. Output is $10.00 then $20.00. Batch and Flex input is $1.00 then $2.00, output $5.00 then $10.00. Priority input is $3.60 then $7.20, output $18.00 then $36.00. It is not available on the Free tier. Source ↗
Google shuts down Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash (gemini-omni-1.1-flash) on the Gemini API on December 3, 2026. It can be used until that date. After the shutdown, requests that still name gemini-omni-1.1-flash are answered by a different model, gemini-omni-1.2-flash, billed at Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash rates. Google released Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash on 2026-11-05. The Gemini API keeps running. Source ↗
Gemini 3.8 Flash and Gemini 3.6 Flash on the Gemini API have introductory pricing through December 31, 2026 on Google AI Studio and Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform. Standard input is $0.75 per million tokens through December 31, 2026, then $1.50 from January 1, 2027. Output is $3.75 then $7.50. Batch and Flex input is $0.375 then $0.75, output $1.875 then $3.75. Priority input is $1.35 then $2.70, output $6.75 then $13.50. The Free tier stays free of charge. Source ↗
The Gemini API keeps running. Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (gemini-2.5-flash-image) can be called until March 15, 2027, when Google shuts it down. Google names gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image as the replacement. Source ↗
Firebase keeps running. The Firebase Extensions service can be used until March 31, 2027. Installed extensions keep running after that date. After March 31, 2027, they cannot be updated, reconfigured or uninstalled, and their configuration cannot be downloaded. Google's replacement is function kits in Cloud Functions for Firebase (2nd gen). Source ↗
The Gemini API keeps running. Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite (gemini-3.1-flash-lite) can be called until May 7, 2027, when Google shuts it down. Google names gemini-3.5-flash-lite as the replacement. Source ↗
Firebase keeps running. Firebase Test Lab can be used until September 30, 2027. After that date, no tests can run. Google's replacement is the Developer Device Platform on Google Cloud. The Developer Device Platform requires billing. The no-cost Spark plan includes 10 virtual-device tests a day and 5 physical-device tests a day. Source ↗
The Gemini API keeps running. The embedding model gemini-embedding-001 can be called until May 14, 2028, when Google shuts it down. Google names gemini-embedding-2 as the replacement. Source ↗
Confirmed & Leaked Announcements
8 announcements confirmed or leaked ahead of the event.
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