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Looker deprecations & changes
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ShutdownLegacy standalone Spectacles service
Legacy standalone Spectacles service discontinued starting November 30, 2026.
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- in 3 months
ShutdownOpenJDK 11 unsupported for customer-hosted Looker
Deployment dates Deprecated OpenJDK 11 will no longer be supported as of January 14, 2027 .
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- in 3 months
DeprecationLooker Mobile (Legacy) app deprecated
Looker (Google Cloud core) and Looker (original) changes Deprecated The deprecation of the Looker Mobile (Legacy) application has been postponed to January 31, 2027.
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Announced, no date yet
Price increaseLooker Conversational Analytics overage billing is coming ($3 / $20 per 1M tokens)
Usage beyond included monthly Conversational Analytics data tokens will incur overage fees billed monthly in arrears after a not-yet-stated date.
Promotional: no quota limits or overage fees → $3.00 per 1M input tokens; $20.00 per 1M output tokens per 1M tokens
No start date yet: Google Cloud will provide at least 90 days advance notice via formal MSA communications before billing and quota enforcement begin.
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Past
Packaging changeLooker Studio is renamed Data Studio
Looker Studio is renamed Data Studio, split into a free Data Studio edition and a paid Data Studio Pro edition for scaling teams.
No effective date stated. Existing reports, data sources, assets and users transition to the new experience with no action required. Pro licenses are purchased via Google Cloud console or Workspace Admin Console.
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