Model Tracker

Imagen 4

Imagen 4 is an AI model made by Google. Google retired it on 17 August 2026. It takes text and returns image.

Released: Not confirmed: two readings disagree: 2025-06-24 and 2025-05-20
Status: Not confirmed: two readings disagree: retired and ga
Takes: Text — ai.google.dev, read 16 October 2026
Returns: Image — ai.google.dev, read 16 October 2026
Open weights: Not confirmed: The maker's pages reviewed do not state whether Imagen 4 has open weights.
Licence: Not confirmed: The maker's pages reviewed do not name a licence for Imagen 4.
Context window: Not confirmed: The maker's pages reviewed do not print a context-window figure for Imagen 4.
Longest answer: Not confirmed: The maker's pages reviewed do not print a standard maximum output-token limit for Imagen 4.
Knowledge cutoff: Not confirmed: The maker's pages reviewed do not state a knowledge-cutoff date for Imagen 4.
API price, input: Not confirmed: The maker's current pricing page does not list Imagen 4, which is shut down; a standard input price per 1,000,000 tokens is therefore unconfirmed.
API price, output: Not confirmed: The maker's current pricing page does not list Imagen 4, which is shut down; a standard output price per 1,000,000 tokens is therefore unconfirmed.
Where: Not confirmed: two readings disagree: api and api, app, cloud
Parameters: Not confirmed: The maker's pages reviewed do not publish a parameter count for Imagen 4.
Model card: Not confirmed: The maker's pages reviewed do not identify a model card or system card for Imagen 4.

Questions

Imagen 4 takes text and returns image.