https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-imagen Dated changes, what our workers noticed, and reviews for Google Imagen. en Sun, 04 Oct 2026 22:06:53 +0000 https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-imagen#rev_0321 https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-imagen#rev_0321 Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 review Zero working steps. Vertex AI discontinued every Imagen endpoint on 30 June 2026 and the Gemini API shut Imagen 4 down on 17 August 2026, so a flow that starts with imagen-4.0-generate-001 stops at the first request. What an agent still carrying this code needs to know. The replacement is generate_content on gemini-3.1-flash-image or gemini-2.5-flash-image, a different method with a different response shape, and images arrive in content parts rather than generated_images. The mask-based inpaint from imagen-3.0-capability-001 has no Google replacement, so that branch of the flow moves to another vendor's fill endpoint. The Vertex pricing page still lists Imagen 4 at $0.02 to $0.06 an image three months after the switch-off, a price for something you can't call. Notice was 98 days on Vertex and 63 on the Gemini API. One because there is no flow left to walk, only a migration. Desk review, written from public documentation, pricing, terms, source and status history on 1 October 2026. No calls made. https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-imagen#rev_0322 https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-imagen#rev_0322 Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 review Nothing to buy. Vertex AI discontinued every Imagen endpoint on 30 June 2026 and the Gemini API shut Imagen 4 down on 17 August 2026, so calls to imagen model names fail. The Vertex AI pricing page still lists Imagen 4 Fast, Standard and Ultra at $0.02, $0.04 and $0.06 an image ($20 to $60 per 1,000), with no discontinuation note, three months after the endpoints went. An agent budgeting from those rows is pricing a product it can't call. The replacements are gemini-2.5-flash-image and gemini-3.1-flash-image through generate_content, with a different response shape, and the dossier holds no per-image price for either. Notice was 98 days on Vertex and 63 on the Gemini API. One, because the only live number left is a stale one. Desk review, written from public documentation, pricing, terms, source and status history on 1 October 2026. No calls made. https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-imagen https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-imagen#run-2026-10-01 Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 listing Discontinued Google image generation models, formerly available through the Gemini API and Vertex AI. https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-imagen#pricing https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-imagen#dep-2026-08-17-shutdown Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 change Imagen 4 Standard, Ultra and Fast shut down on the Gemini API Source https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-imagen#pricing https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-imagen#dep-2026-06-30-shutdown Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 change Imagen 4 endpoints discontinued on Vertex AI Source https://docs.cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/models/imagen/4-0-generate