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Imagen 4 shutdown Discontinued

Shutdown announced 2026-06-15 for 2026-08-17; models page lists imagen-4.0-generate as shut down

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Provider: Google
Family: Imagen
Model type: Image
Official release date: Jun 15, 2026
Release type: Deprecation
Status: Discontinued
Previous version: —
Input: text
Output: image
Context window: Not documented
Max output: Not documented
API model id: imagen-4.0-generate
API price (input): Not verified
API price (output): Not verified
Price notes: —
Consumer apps: —
Developer API: —
Free access: None documented
Paid access: —
Availability: —
Licence: proprietary

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Verified Oct 19, 2026 · confidence: high · unresolved: Google image generation in the API now runs through Nano Banana (Gemini image) models.

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