Google Announces Vertex AI Generative AI Updates - v1 Release
Action Required
Developers using Vertex AI's Generative AI services must migrate to the new models and endpoints to avoid service disruptions and maintain functionality.
AI Impact Summary
Google is announcing a series of updates and new features for Vertex AI's Generative AI capabilities on April 14, 2026. This includes the availability of the v1 version of the platform, new features like RAG Cross Corpus Retrieval, Veo 3.1 Lite, and the Gemma 4 26B A4B IT model. Additionally, there are deprecation announcements for older image and video generation endpoints, requiring migration to newer models by June 30, 2026. This represents a significant evolution of Vertex AI's generative AI offerings, impacting developers utilizing these services.
Affected Systems
- Date
- 14 Apr 2026
- Change type
- capability
- Severity
- high