# 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.

- **Provider:** Google (Gemini Developer API) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Model ID / API name:** embedding-2-preview _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Lifecycle status:** Shut down
- **Release date:** March 10, 2026 _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Shutdown / retirement date:** August 10, 2026 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Recommended replacement:** gemini-embedding-2 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Platform / deployment scope:** Gemini Developer API (ai.google.dev) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> embedding-2-preview | March 10, 2026 | August 10, 2026 | gemini-embedding-2 |

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### 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 |

## Source

- https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations

Last verified: 2026-09-16. Review by: 2026-10-16.
Part of [AI model deprecation and retirement dates by provider](https://referencesource.org/ai-model-deprecation-and-retirement/).