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Imagen 4 Preview (06-06)

Retired

Preview endpoint for Imagen 4, marked shut down by Google. Google publishes shutdown dates as "the earliest possible dates on which a model might be retired"; already-shut-down models are marked with a grey row on the deprecations page. REPLACEMENT RE-POINTED 2026-10-20: the deprecations table now names gemini-nano-banana-2.1 as the recommended replacement; until the 2026-10-19 read it named imagen-4.0-generate-001, which Google itself greyed as shut down on 2026-10-02 after its August 17, 2026 shutdown date. Google does not date the edit (page: Last updated 2026-10-20 UTC). The row stays gray; nothing else in it moved.

Imagen 4 Preview (06-06) by Google is tracked live in our LLM catalog. It has been retired (shut down 17 Feb 2026); the recommended migration is Gemini Nano Banana 2.1.

Last verified: 24 Oct 2026 · sourced from official provider documentation

Retired on 17 Feb 2026

Lifecycle warning

This model has been retired. Recommended migration: Gemini Nano Banana 2.1.

Read the Imagen 4 Preview (06-06) migration guide → replacement & cheapest alternatives

Provider
Google
Status
Retired
Input price
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Output price
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Cached input
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Blended price
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Context window
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Max output
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Modality
text-in, image-out
Open weights
No — API only
Knowledge cutoff
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Released
24 Jun 2025
API string
imagen-4.0-generate-preview-06-06

Source: Google official documentation ↗

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FAQ

Imagen 4 Preview (06-06) — questions & answers

Is Imagen 4 Preview (06-06) still available?

Imagen 4 Preview (06-06) has been retired and is no longer available. Its scheduled shutdown date is 17 Feb 2026. The recommended migration is Gemini Nano Banana 2.1.

Does Imagen 4 Preview (06-06) support image or vision input?

Our catalog lists Imagen 4 Preview (06-06)'s modalities as text-in, image-out; image/vision input is not among them.

Can I self-host Imagen 4 Preview (06-06)?

No — Imagen 4 Preview (06-06) is proprietary. Its weights are not publicly released, so it is available only through Google's API (or hosted partners), not for self-hosting.

What is the API model string for Imagen 4 Preview (06-06)?

The API model identifier for Imagen 4 Preview (06-06) is "imagen-4.0-generate-preview-06-06" when calling Google's API.