Track Firebase free tier changes, Google AI Studio pricing, Flutter/Dart tooling updates, and Android developer program announcements at Google I/O 2026. 33 services tracked with 33 current offerings.

Google I/O 2026

Name: Google I/O 2026
Start: 2026-05-01
End: 2026-05-31
Location: Mountain View

Completed

May 2026 (exact dates TBD) · Mountain View

Exact dates not yet announced. This page will be updated as details emerge. Check back for confirmed dates and announcements.

Tracked Vendors

Current Offerings

Recent Updates

Pricing changes and updates from event vendors since April 2026.

deprecatedGoogle Gemini APIeffective 2026-10-23low impact

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 ↗

deprecatedGoogle Gemini APIeffective 2026-10-22low impact

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 ↗

deprecatedGoogle Gemini APIeffective 2026-10-20medium impact

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 ↗

restrictedGoogle Gemini APIeffective 2026-09-18medium impact

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 ↗

restructuredGoogleeffective 2026-09-18medium impact

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 ↗

deprecatedGoogle Tenor APIeffective 2026-06-30high impact

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 ↗

removedGoogle Gemini Code Assisteffective 2026-06-18high impact

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 ↗

restrictedGemini CLIeffective 2026-06-18medium impact

Gemini CLI stopped accepting Login with Google for personal accounts on 2026-06-18, which ended the personal-account free tier of 60 requests a minute and 1,000 a day. It still runs with a Gemini API key, Vertex AI, or a Gemini Code Assist Standard or Enterprise licence. Source ↗

deprecatedGoogle Gemini APIeffective 2026-06-01high impact

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 ↗

deprecatedGoogle Mapseffective 2026-05-31high impact

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 ↗

rebrandedGoogle Vector Search 2.0effective 2026-04-22low impact

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 ↗

restrictedGoogle Gemini APIeffective 2026-04-01medium impact

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.

deprecatedGoogle Gemini APIeffective 2026-11-17low impact

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 ↗

deprecatedGoogle Antigravityeffective 2026-11-18low impact

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 ↗

deprecatedGoogle Gemini APIeffective 2026-11-19low impact

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 ↗

deprecatedGoogle Gemini APIeffective 2026-12-01medium impact

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 ↗

restructuredGoogle Gemini APIeffective 2026-12-01medium impact

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 ↗

restructuredGoogle Gemini APIeffective 2026-12-01medium impact

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 ↗

deprecatedGoogle Gemini APIeffective 2026-12-03low impact

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 ↗

restructuredGoogle Gemini APIeffective 2027-01-01medium impact

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 ↗

deprecatedGoogle Gemini APIeffective 2027-03-15low impact

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 ↗

deprecatedFirebaseeffective 2027-03-31medium impact

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 ↗

deprecatedGoogle Gemini APIeffective 2027-05-07low impact

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 ↗

deprecatedFirebaseeffective 2027-09-30medium impact

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 ↗

deprecatedGoogle Gemini APIeffective 2028-05-14low impact

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 ↗

Still to Watch

Firebase free tier and pricing restructuring
Google AI Studio pricing and model availability
Gemini consumer API free tier changes
Flutter and Dart tooling updates
Android development tool pricing
Google Play developer program changes

Current Free Tier Overview

33 offerings across 22 categories from 33 tracked services.

AI / ML (5)

Vendor	Tier	Description	Status	Read / catalogue date
Google Gemini API	Free (Reduced)	Free tier: Gemini 3.8 Flash, 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, 3.1 Flash-Lite, Gemini 3 Flash Preview, Gemi...	stable	2026-11-09
Google Colab	Free	Hosted Jupyter notebooks with free access to GPUs and TPUs. In the free version, notebooks run for a...	stable	2026-11-10
Google Vertex AI Agent Engine	Pay-as-you-go	Vertex AI Agent Builder with sessions and memory now GA. Build, deploy, and manage AI agents with pe...	—	2026-04-15 · tried 2026-11-09, no read
Google Vector Search 2.0	Pay-as-you-go	Google Vector Search 2.0 is now Agent Retrieval. It is part of the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform,...	—	2026-11-09 / 2026-08-15
Google Gemini Embedding 2	Free	Free of charge text, image, audio, and video input on the Gemini API free tier, with Google using th...	stable	2026-11-11

AI Coding (2)

Vendor	Tier	Description	Status	Read / catalogue date
Google Antigravity	Free	Agentic development platform by Google, generally available: a desktop app to manage multiple local ...	stable	2026-11-05
Gemini CLI	Free	Open-source terminal AI coding agent by Google, Apache 2.0 licensed. Since 2026-06-18, Login with Go...	caution 2026-06-18 restricted	2026-10-24 / 2026-09-12

API Development (1)

Vendor	Tier	Description	Status	Read / catalogue date
Google Content API for Shopping	Free (Deprecated)	Product data management API for Google Merchant Center. Sunset on 2026-08-18. Its successor, Merchan...	—	2026-10-15 / 2026-08-18

Analytics (1)

Vendor	Tier	Description	Status	Read / catalogue date
Google Analytics	Free	Free web analytics with 10M events/day, 14-month retention, 100 properties	—	2026-10-22 / 2026-07-22

CDN (1)

Vendor	Tier	Description	Status	Read / catalogue date
developers.google.com	Free	The Google Hosted Libraries is a content distribution network for the most popular Open Source JavaS...	—	2026-10-12 / 2026-08-07

CI/CD (1)

Vendor	Tier	Description	Status	Read / catalogue date
Google Cloud Build	Always Free	Always Free: 2,500 build-minutes/month (e2-standard-2). Serverless CI/CD platform with support for D...	stable	2026-10-28

Cloud Hosting (2)

Vendor	Tier	Description	Status	Read / catalogue date
Flutter Flow	Free	Build your Flutter App UI without writing a single line of code. Also has a Firebase integration. Th...	stable	2026-11-04
Google Cloud Run	Always Free	Always Free: 2M requests/month, 360K GB-seconds memory, 180K vCPU-seconds compute, 1 GB North Americ...	—	2026-11-02 / 2026-08-18

Cloud IaaS (2)

Vendor	Tier	Description	Status	Read / catalogue date
Google AI Pro/Ultra	Conditional	Google Cloud and GenAI credits that come with Google AI subscriptions, per the Google Developer Prog...	—	2026-10-16 / 2026-04-15
Google Compute Engine	Always Free	Always Free: 1 non-preemptible e2-micro VM (us-west1, us-central1, or us-east1), 30 GB standard pers...	stable	2026-11-02

Cloud Storage (2)

Vendor	Tier	Description	Status	Read / catalogue date
Google Drive	Free	15 GB shared across Google Drive, Gmail, and Google Photos. Google Docs/Sheets/Slides don't count ag...	stable	2026-11-07
Google Photos	Free	15 GB shared across Google Drive, Gmail, and Google Photos. Photos stored at original quality count ...	stable	2026-11-07

Communication & Messaging (1)

Vendor	Tier	Description	Status	Read / catalogue date
Google Meet	Free	1-hour group meetings (up to 100 participants). Unlimited 1-on-1 calls (24-hour limit). Screen shari...	stable	2026-11-09

Container Registry (1)

Vendor	Tier	Description	Status	Read / catalogue date
Google Artifact Registry	Always Free	Always Free: 0.5 GB storage/month. Universal package manager for Docker, Maven, npm, Python, and OS ...	stable	2026-11-03

Databases (2)

Vendor	Tier	Description	Status	Read / catalogue date
Firebase	Spark	Spark plan, no payment method needed: Auth (50K MAU), Firestore Standard edition (1 GiB stored, 50K ...	caution 2026-12-01 reduced	2026-10-26 / 2026-10-03
Google Cloud BigQuery	Always Free	Always Free: 1 TiB queries/month, 10 GiB storage. Serverless data warehouse with SQL, ML, and BI bui...	stable	2026-10-29 / 2026-08-17

Dev Utilities (1)

Vendor	Tier	Description	Status	Read / catalogue date
Google Cloud Shell	Always Free	Always Free: browser-based terminal with 5 GB persistent disk, pre-installed tools (gcloud, kubectl,...	stable	2026-11-06

IDE & Code Editors (3)

Vendor	Tier	Description	Status	Read / catalogue date
Android Studio	Free	Android Studio provides the fastest tools for building apps on every type of Android device. Open So...	—	2026-10-13 / 2026-08-09
AndroidIDE	Free	An Open Source IDE to develop real, Gradle-based Android applications on Android devices.	—	2026-10-13 / 2026-08-09
Google Gemini Code Assist	Retired	Gemini Code Assist for individuals, Google's free tier of its IDE coding assistant, stopped serving ...	—	2026-11-06 / 2026-08-27

Logging (1)

Vendor	Tier	Description	Status	Read / catalogue date
Google Cloud Logging	Always Free	Always Free: 50 GiB log data/month per project with default retention. Part of Google Cloud Operatio...	stable	2026-10-25

Maps/Geolocation (1)

Vendor	Tier	Description	Status	Read / catalogue date
Google Maps Platform	Free	Per-SKU free usage (restructured March 2025): Essentials 10K calls/SKU/month, Pro 5K, Enterprise 1K....	stable	2026-11-09

Messaging (1)

Vendor	Tier	Description	Status	Read / catalogue date
Google Cloud Pub/Sub	Always Free	Every calendar month, the first 10 GiB of throughput identified as the Message Delivery Basic SKU fo...	stable	2026-11-06

Monitoring (1)

Vendor	Tier	Description	Status	Read / catalogue date
Google Cloud Monitoring	Always Free	Always Free: all non-chargeable Google Cloud metrics, first 1M monitoring API calls/month. Dashboard...	—	2026-10-25 / 2026-08-18

Productivity & Notes (1)

Vendor	Tier	Description	Status	Read / catalogue date
Google Keep	Free	Fully free with Google account. Unlimited notes, lists, labels, reminders, color coding. Voice memos...	—	2026-10-15 / 2026-08-19

Secrets Management (1)

Vendor	Tier	Description	Status	Read / catalogue date
Google Secret Manager	Always Free	Always Free: 6 active secret versions, 10K access operations/month, 3 rotation notifications/month. ...	stable	2026-11-06

Startup Perks (1)

Vendor	Tier	Description	Status	Read / catalogue date
Google for Startups Cloud Program	Startup Credits	Start tier: up to $2,000 in Google Cloud credits, valid for one year, for pre-funded startups. Scale...	—	2026-11-05 / 2026-09-22

Storage (1)

Vendor	Tier	Description	Status	Read / catalogue date
Google Cloud Storage	Always Free	Always Free: 5 GB-months of Standard storage in us-east1, us-west1 or us-central1 only, 5K Class A o...	stable	2026-11-09

Watch These Vendors

We do not push notifications. Every change we record is readable the moment it lands, and the JSON answer carries an ETag — send it back as If-None-Match and an unchanged answer costs one 304. Read the changes API.