embedding-2-preview — Shut down — shutdown August 10, 2026
For embedding-2-preview, provider is Google (Gemini Developer API); lifecycle status is Shut down; shutdown / retirement date is August 10, 2026; recommended replacement is gemini-embedding-2; platform / deployment scope is Gemini Developer API (ai.google.dev), recorded from its source on 2026-09-16; source re-checked 2026-10-12.
- Provider
- Google (Gemini Developer API) our reading
- Model ID / API name
- embedding-2-preview verified
- Lifecycle status
- Shut down
- Release date
- March 10, 2026 verified
- Shutdown / retirement date
- August 10, 2026 verified
- Recommended replacement
- gemini-embedding-2 verified
- Platform / deployment scope
- Gemini Developer API (ai.google.dev) our reading
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What the source says
embedding-2-preview | March 10, 2026 | August 10, 2026 | gemini-embedding-2 |
— ai.google.dev, retrieved 2026-09-16
Where each value comes from
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Release date and Shutdown / retirement 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 |
— all from ai.google.dev, retrieved 2026-09-16
Source
- ai.google.devhttps://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations