embedding-001 — Shut down — shutdown October 30, 2025
For embedding-001, provider is Google (Gemini Developer API); lifecycle status is Shut down; shutdown / retirement date is October 30, 2025; recommended replacement is gemini-embedding-2; platform / deployment scope is Gemini Developer API (ai.google.dev), recorded from its source on 2026-09-16.
- Provider
- Google (Gemini Developer API) our reading
- Model ID / API name
- embedding-001 verified
- Lifecycle status
- Shut down
- Release date
- April 9, 2024 verified
- Shutdown / retirement date
- October 30, 2025 verified
- Recommended replacement
- gemini-embedding-2 verified
- Platform / deployment scope
- Gemini Developer API (ai.google.dev) our reading
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
embedding-001 | April 9, 2024 | October 30, 2025 | gemini-embedding-2 |
— ai.google.dev, retrieved 2026-09-16
Where each value comes from
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Release date
Model | Release date | Shutdown date | Recommended replacement | gemini-embedding-2 | April 22, 2026 | No shutdown date announced | | gemini-embedding-001 | July 14, 2025 | May 14, 2028 | gemini-embedding-2 | text-embedding-004 | April 9, 2024 | January 14, 2026 | gemini-embedding-2 | Preview models | | | | embedding-2-preview | March 10, 2026 | August 10, 2026 | gemini-embedding-2 | embedding-001 | April 9, 2024 | October 30, 2025 | gemini-embedding-2 |
— all from ai.google.dev, retrieved 2026-09-16
Source
- ai.google.devhttps://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations
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