# imagen-3.0-generate-002 deprecation — retirement date and replacement

**Google** retires **imagen-3.0-generate-002** on **2025-11-10**.
Documented replacement: **gemini-nano-banana-2.1**.

Source: https://aistudio.google.com/docs/deprecations
Source last checked: 2026-11-08.
Calendar as of 2026-11-08 UTC.

| Model | Provider | Retires | Replacement |
|---|---|---|---|
| imagen-3.0-generate-002 | Google | 2025-11-10 | gemini-nano-banana-2.1 |

Source: https://llmlatency.dev/migrate/google-imagen-3-0-generate-002