Gemini Flash-Image and Pro-Image Models Reach General Availability
View original source →Google moved gemini-3.1-flash-image and gemini-3-pro-image to general availability on May 28, retiring preview endpoints June 25 and restructuring AI subscription pricing.
Key points:
• gemini-3.1-flash-image GA: improved photorealistic generation, consistent character rendering across sequences, 4K output support • gemini-3-pro-image GA: knowledge-grounded generation reflecting verified factual information, expanded style consistency • Preview endpoints shut down June 25 — production applications require migration • AI Ultra price reduced from $250 to $200/month • New $99 tier provides access to production image models and Gemini Advanced • Enterprise billing shifting from seat-based to compute-based pricing
The June 25 preview endpoint retirement is a hard cutoff. Organizations have approximately four weeks to migrate production applications to GA model endpoints.
The compute-based enterprise billing shift changes deployment economics: costs decouple from headcount and tie to actual usage. Organizations with variable workloads benefit; those with steady baseline usage may see increases.
Why It Matters: Developers using preview endpoints face a June 25 hard cutoff requiring immediate migration. Compute-based billing changes how enterprise AI deployment economics are modeled and budgeted.