# gemini-embedding-exp — Shut down — shutdown October 30, 2025

For gemini-embedding-exp, 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 2026-09-08; source re-checked 2026-09-16.

- **Provider:** Google (Gemini Developer API) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Model ID / API name:** gemini-embedding-exp _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Lifecycle status:** Shut down
- **Shutdown / retirement date:** October 30, 2025 _(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

> gemini-embedding-exp | | October 30, 2025 | 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/).