Model retirement dates / Google
gemini-robotics-er-1.6-preview
Google listed 31 August 2026 as the earliest shutdown date for gemini-robotics-er-1.6-preview. That date has passed, so gemini-robotics-er-1.6-preview may stop working at any time. The recommended replacement is gemini-robotics-er-2-preview.
| Provider | |
|---|---|
| Status | May already be off (as of 11 Nov 2026) |
| Earliest shutdown | 31 August 2026 |
| Replacement | gemini-robotics-er-2-preview |
| Model type | Text |
| Source | Google deprecations page |
Before you switch
A replacement model answers the same prompt differently: tone, length, format, and whether JSON still parses. Driftline Pro runs your real prompts on gemini-robotics-er-1.6-preview and gemini-robotics-er-2-preview side by side in CI and shows what changed. See a drift test.
Check your code for it
Run this in your repository. No install and no API key; it lists every OpenAI, Anthropic and Google model ID it finds, with its retirement date and replacement:
npx -y @aidriftline/driftline .Or look for this ID only: grep -rn "gemini-robotics-er-1.6-preview" . (misses aliases, Bedrock and Vertex names, and IDs split across lines).
To be warned automatically before the next retirement, add the free Driftline GitHub Action. It annotates the exact line in pull requests and can fail the build on retired models.
Checked against Google's official page on 11 November 2026. Something wrong? hello@aidriftline.com