Google’s Embedding 2 preview reaches its published shutdown date
Google’s Gemini API deprecation table lists 10 August as the shutdown date for `embedding-2-preview` and names `gemini-embedding-2` as the replacement. The public table was updated on 13 August, after the listed date had arrived.
Why it matters: Calls pinned to the preview model can fail at this lifecycle boundary. Even when the replacement is closely related, changing an embedding model can alter vector distributions and retrieval rankings, so an untested swap can weaken search, classification,…