Gemini Embedding 2
Public preview March 2026 (id gemini-embedding-2-preview, still listed), GA 2026-04-22. modality_out 'text' is a placeholder: output is a vector. Predecessor gemini-embedding-001 (text-only) shuts down 2028-05-14.
- Context window
- 8,192 tokens
- Input
- text, image, audio, video, pdf
- Output
- text
- License
- proprietary
- Pricing
- input: $0.2 (per 1M text input tokens; image $0.45/1M (~$0.00012 per image), audio $6.50/1M (~$0.00016/s), video $12.00/1M (~$0.00079 per frame)) source
- Verified
- 2026-09-29
How to call it
| Provider | Model id | Endpoint / URL | Docs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini API | gemini-embedding-2 | https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/gemini-embedding-2:embedContent | docs |
| Google Cloud Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform (Vertex AI) | — | — | docs |
Notable capabilities (2)
- Natively multimodal embeddings: Text, images, video, audio and PDFs mapped into one embedding space; Google's first natively multimodal embedding model and first in the Gemini API. source
- Matryoshka dimensions: Flexible 128-3072 output dimensions (recommended 768/1536/3072); 100+ languages. source
Embeddings for multimodal RAG, semantic search, clustering and classification.
from google import genai
client = genai.Client()
r = client.models.embed_content(model="gemini-embedding-2", contents="What is the meaning of life?")
Sources: embeddings guide, pricing, deprecations, launch blog.
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