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Four embedding models retire April 1, 2027. Pick a newer embedding model before then.[1]
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Older Vertex AI embedding models retire on April 1, 2027
Google ends four older embedding models on Vertex AI on April 1, 2027, including text-embedding-004 and 005. Its page does not name a model to use next.
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| Retirement date | April 1, 2027[1] |
|---|---|
| Models that retire | text-embedding-005, text-embedding-004, text-multilingual-embedding-002 (the multilingual 002 model), multimodalembedding@001[1] |
| How many models | Four[1] |
| Replacement | Not listed by Google[1] |
| Embedding models with later dates on the same page | gemini-embedding-001 (no sooner than May 20, 2028) and gemini-embedding-2 (released April 22, 2026)[1] |
| Can the date move earlier? | No. Google says dates may be extended, but not moved earlier[1] |
| What Google calls Vertex AI now | Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform (Agent Platform for short)[1] |
| Apps that embed text or images with these models | Must move to another model by April 1, 2027[1] |
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Time to bail on Vertex AI text-embedding-004, 005 and two more? Act. You can stay. Four embedding models retire April 1, 2027. Pick a newer embedding model before then.
On our scale this is Act: change a setting or plan before the date. You can stay.
Google ends four older embedding models on Vertex AI on April 1, 2027, including text-embedding-004 and 005. Its page does not name a model to use next.
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You can stay on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform. You have to change a setting or plan before the date.
Leaving is a choice here, not a must.
Google Cloud is the main source for this page. Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform has not said more than what is listed here. If a fact is not on this page, we do not know it yet.
Apps that embed text or images with these models: Must move to another model by April 1, 2027.
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