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: 2026-04-21

How to check right now

Step 1 -- Load the site
Open gemini.google.com→

The simplest check. If it loads and you can log in, the tool is up for you.

Step 2 -- Crowdsourced reports
DownDetector: Gemini (Google)→

User-reported outages aggregated across regions. Good signal for partial or regional outages.

Step 3 -- Live social
Search X for “Gemini (Google)down” →

Live tweets from other users. Fastest signal for a fresh outage -- often beats status pages by 10-20 minutes.

Step 4 -- Official status page
Find Gemini (Google)'s status page →

Most vendors publish a status page at status.[domain] or on Statuspage.io. Google-search to find the current URL.

Known issues we've tracked

Gemini 2.5 family retirement dates confirmed (ai.google.dev deprecations page, 2026-04-21 check): Gemini 2.5 Pro + 2.5 Flash shut down 2026-06-17, replaced by gemini-3.1-pro-preview + gemini-3-flash-preview. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite shuts down 2026-07-22. Production code still calling 2.5 model names will fail after those dates -- migrate to 3.x preview endpoints now. Note: Google calls these 'earliest possible' retirement dates, so they may slip later but not earlier
2026-04•ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations
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
Google AI Ultra at $249.99/mo is hard to justify against Claude Max ($200) and ChatGPT Pro ($200) unless you specifically need Lyria 3 Pro
2026-04•Reddit r/Bard

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

B

Grok

7.5

xAI's irreverent chatbot with a direct line to X/Twitter -- real-time data meets unfiltered personality

B

GPT-5.4-Cyber (OpenAI)

7.2

OpenAI's defensive-cybersecurity variant of GPT-5.4, launched 2026-04-16. Lowered refusal boundary for security-research tasks and native binary reverse-engineering. Access gated via Trusted Access for Cyber (TAC) program -- thousands of verified defenders, hundreds of teams, no public pricing

C

GPT-Rosalind (OpenAI)

6.8

OpenAI's first domain-specific model -- life sciences, drug discovery, translational medicine. Launched 2026-04-16 as a Trusted Access research preview. Launch partners: Amgen, Moderna, Allen Institute, Thermo Fisher. Paired with a Life Sciences Codex plugin (50+ scientific tool integrations)

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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