Iceberg external tables and Iceberg managed tables now support
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## Feature
Feature
[Iceberg external tables](https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/iceberg-external-tables) and[Iceberg managed tables](https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/iceberg-tables) now support[flexible column names](https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/schemas#flexible-column-names) by default. This feature is [generally available](https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages) (GA).
## Feature
Feature
The `gemini-embedding-2` model works well for embedding long strings, including multilingual and unstructured data. It supports a mix of text, images, audio, video, and PDF files. You can use this model in the[AI.EMBED](https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/standard-sql/bigqueryml-syntax-ai-embed),[AI.SIMILARITY](https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/standard-sql/bigqueryml-syntax-ai-similarity), and[AI.GENERATE\_EMBEDDING](https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/standard-sql/bigqueryml-syntax-ai-generate-embedding)functions. This model is[generally available](https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages).