Is Gemini (Google) Down?

Quickest ways to check the current status of gemini.google.com plus recent known issues and working alternatives if it's out.

Last editorial review: 2026-05-13

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Known issues we've tracked

PRE-I/O STAGING (re-verified 2026-05-13, T-6 to Google I/O 2026-05-19 keynote): No new Gemini model or product launches between 2026-05-08 and 2026-05-13. Most-recent ship remains Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite GA (2026-05-07). I/O watchlist (LEAKS, not yet shipped): (a) 'Omni' video model -- UI string 'Powered by Omni' leaked in Gemini video tab 2026-05-04, actual generated clips leaked 5/11 from a Pro user account (seaside spaghetti scene, trig-proof chalkboard demo) -- expect I/O reveal 5/19, would bundle video + image vs OpenAI's now-killed-Sora standalone approach. (b) COSMO -- on-device proactive assistant accidentally published to Play Store 2026-05-01 under Google's main account for a 47-min window (~1.13 GB, local Gemini Nano), two modes: 'Nano Only' (offline) + 'Hybrid' (with PI backend); 20K+ Play Store searches during the leak window before takedown -- expect I/O reveal. (c) Gemini 3.2 -- already spotted in iOS Gemini app + AI Studio model selector 5/5, Polymarket 94.5% on 3.2 release 5/19; Gemini 3.5 jump remains low-confidence. Pre-stage to update entry post-keynote with shipped names + benchmarks.
2026-05-13•TestingCatalog (Omni leak), 9to5Google (COSMO leak), Polymarket (Gemini 3.2 market)
GEMINI 3.1 FLASH-LITE GA (2026-05-07): Generally available on the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform. Fastest + most cost-efficient Gemini 3 series model. **2.5x faster Time-to-First-Answer-Token vs Gemini 2.5 Flash; +45% output speed**. Pricing per third-party reference: $0.25/M input, $1.50/M output (vendor blog itself omits direct pricing -- check ai.google.dev/pricing for canonical). Customer signals at GA: Gladly reports ~60% lower cost vs thinking-tier models; OffDeal cites sub-second p95 for classifiers.
2026-05-07•Google Cloud blog (cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/gemini-3-1-flash-lite-is-now-generally-available), blog.google
Gemini 2.5 family retirement dates EXTENDED (ai.google.dev deprecations page, checked 2026-04-24): Gemini 2.5 Pro, 2.5 Flash, AND 2.5 Flash-Lite now all retire 2026-10-16 (pushed out from original 2026-06-17 / 2026-07-22 dates). Gives ~6 more months to migrate to gemini-3.1-pro + gemini-3-flash. Production code still calling 2.5 model names continues to work through Oct 16, but do not ship new code on retiring endpoints
2026-04-24•ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations (verified 2026-04-24)
Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS launched 2026-04-15 as a preview on Gemini API, AI Studio, Vertex AI, and Google Vids. 70+ languages, audio tags for vocal style/pace/delivery embedded in the text prompt, Elo 1,211 on Artificial Analysis TTS leaderboard. Positions Google as a direct competitor to ElevenLabs v3 on the TTS stack
2026-04•blog.google Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS, MarkTechPost
Image generation of people was temporarily disabled after generating historically inaccurate results, partially restored but still limited
2026-01•The Verge, Google Blog
Gemini Pro model access removed from free API tier on April 1, 2026 -- mandatory spend caps and prepaid billing now required for new accounts
2026-04•Google AI for Developers, FindSkill.ai

Issues here are sourced from our editorial sweeps, not real-time telemetry. Newer issues may exist.

What to use if Gemini (Google) is down

Top AIToolTier-ranked alternatives in the same category, ordered by our overall score.

A

Muse Spark (Meta)

8.8

Meta's first model from its Superintelligence Lab -- natively multimodal with Contemplating mode for multi-agent reasoning

A

Claude (Anthropic)

8.5

Anthropic's flagship LLM -- Opus 4.7 (launched April 16, 2026) with 1M-token context, high-res vision, new xhigh reasoning level, and the most natural conversational style. Note: 2026-04-04 policy excluded third-party agent harnesses (OpenClaw etc.) from Pro/Max flat-rate, and 2026-04-16 Enterprise pricing dropped bundled tokens

A

MiMo (Xiaomi)

8.3

Xiaomi's MiMo-V2.5 family launched 2026-04-22 -- Pro (1T total / 42B active MoE, 1M context, native vision+audio reasoning), Multimodal base, TTS (3 sub-models: base, VoiceDesign, VoiceClone), and ASR (open-source, English + Chinese + major dialects). Full voice pipeline for the agent era. Extra-charge 1M-context tier removed at launch

A

Hunyuan 3 (Tencent Hy3)

8.1

Tencent's Hy3 Preview launched 2026-04-23 -- 295B total / 21B active MoE, 256K context, open-sourced on HuggingFace under tencent/Hy3-preview. Cheapest frontier-class API at ~1.2 RMB per million input tokens. Integrated into Yuanbao, WeChat, QQ

B

Grok

7.5

xAI's irreverent chatbot with a direct line to X/Twitter -- real-time data meets unfiltered personality. Grok 4.3 production launched 2026-05-02 with Custom Voices cloning + Imagine Agent Mode + ~40% API price cut to $1.25/$2.50 per 1M tokens

About Gemini (Google)

Tier A (8.3/10). Google's LLM with deep Google Workspace integration, 2M token context window, and native code execution

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