# gemini-2.5-pro-preview-tts: retirement date, replacement, how to migrate

`gemini-2.5-pro-preview-tts` is listed to retire no sooner than 2026-11-17 on the Gemini API; the vendor names these replacements: `gemini-3.8-flash-tts` and `gemini-3.8-flash-lite-tts`.

This date is the one in the Gemini notice for the Gemini API. Other platforms that host the same model publish their own dates.

## Facts

- Earliest retirement date: 2026-11-17
- Status: Not final: the notice gives an earliest date
- Replacement: `gemini-3.8-flash-tts`, `gemini-3.8-flash-lite-tts`
- Official notice: https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations#audio-models
- Record date: 2026-10-14

## Find it in your code

```sh
npx @upseam/cli inspect gemini
grep -rnF 'gemini-2.5-pro-preview-tts' .
```

## Migrate

The vendor names more than one replacement. Which one applies is in its notice. Vendor's notice: https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations#audio-models

## Get warned automatically

Upseam is Dependabot for APIs: it watches vendor changelogs and opens a checked pull request when a change affects your code.

Last updated 2026-10-14