Gemini Robotics ER 1.6 deadline passed; service state unconfirmed
Google's Gemini Robotics ER 1.6 shutdown date passed August 31; current service state unconfirmed.
Required action
Treat the endpoint as unsupported, migrate to gemini-robotics-er-2-preview, and verify production behavior without assuming the 1.6 endpoint is available or unavailable.
Scope and evidence limits
Gemini API; no regional exception documented
The official shutdown deadline passed, but the current service state remains unconfirmed; production dependence is unsafe.
not_tested
Official sources
Affected components
gemini-robotics-er-1.6-preview, Gemini API robotics integrations
Affected users
Developers and robotics teams whose Gemini API integrations call gemini-robotics-er-1.6-preview.
Migration guidance
Update integrations to gemini-robotics-er-2-preview, review the current Robotics ER documentation, and regression-test spatial reasoning, orchestration, media inputs and physical-action safeguards before production cutover.
Correction history
- 2026-09-04: The August 31 deadline passed; official sources still list the deadline and replacement but do not confirm current service state.
- 2026-09-21: Typed status and duplicated detection/accepted-claim values assert shutdown while the corrected public text says service state is unconfirmed.