# Please don't discontinue Gemini 2.5 Flash

**URL:** <https://forum.devtalk.com/t/please-dont-discontinue-gemini-2-5-flash/247884>\
**Category:** In The News\
**Tags:** via-news-bot, gemini, flash, in-the-news\
**Created:** [11 July 2026 05:33 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/please-dont-discontinue-gemini-2-5-flash/247884 "2026-07-11T05:33:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [11 July 2026 05:33 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/please-dont-discontinue-gemini-2-5-flash/247884/1 "2026-07-11T05:33:51Z")

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> Hi Everyone - Firstly, I want to give my thanks to the Gemini team for providing access to such great models. It has been so helpful. We have some very specific workflows that rely on Gemini 2.5 Flash. Our internal benchmarks show that Gemini 3 flash does not perform as well (even after attempting to tweak prompting following the new prompting guidelines and other changes). I am sure there are others with the same experience as well, and there is no easy switch. It would be extremely appreci…

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> **[Please don't discontinue Gemini 2.5 Flash](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/please-dont-discontinue-gemini-2-5-flash/174246)**
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> Hi Everyone - Firstly, I want to give my thanks to the Gemini team for providing access to such great models. It has been so helpful. We have some very specific workflows that rely on Gemini 2.5 Flash. Our internal benchmarks show that Gemini 3...