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Venice.ai Change Log - July 28, 2026 - August 31, 2026

New Models

Text Models

  • Claude Fable 5.1 — Text model from Anthropic. Anonymous. Available to all users

  • GLM 5.3 Flash — Frontier text model from Zhipu AI. Private. Available to all users

  • GLM 5.3 — Frontier text model from Zhipu AI. Private. Available to all users

  • Qwen 3.8 27B — 27-billion-parameter text model from Alibaba Cloud in the Qwen 3.8 family. Private. Available to all users

  • Gemini 3.7 Flash — Latency-optimized text model from Google DeepMind. Anonymous. Available to all users

  • DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 — Text model from DeepSeek, August 13 release of the V4 Pro series. Private. Available to all users

  • Qwen 3.8 2.4T — 2.4-trillion-parameter text model from Alibaba Cloud in the Qwen 3.8 family. Private. Available to all users

  • Grok 4.6 — Text model. Private. Available to all users

  • DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 Fast — Speed-optimized variant of DeepSeek's V4 Flash (July 31 release). Private. Available to all users

  • Kimi K3 Fast — Speed-optimized text model from Moonshot AI in the K3 family. Private. Available to all users

  • DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 — Text model from DeepSeek, July 31 release of the V4 Flash series. Private. Available to all users

  • Qwen 3.8 Max — Largest-scale variant in Alibaba Cloud's Qwen 3.8 family. Anonymous. Available to all users

Image Models

  • Grok Imagine 2.0 — Image generation model with support for photorealistic and stylized outputs. Private.

  • Qwen Image 3 — Alibaba Cloud's image generation model with text rendering and multi-style output capabilities. Anonymous.

  • Qwen Image 3 Edit — Alibaba Cloud's image editing variant of Qwen Image 3, supporting instruction-based modifications to existing images. Anonymous.

  • Qwen Image 3 Pro — Higher-fidelity variant of Alibaba Cloud's Qwen Image 3 with improved detail, coherence, and prompt adherence. Anonymous.

  • Qwen Image 3 Pro Edit — Editing variant of Qwen Image 3 Pro from Alibaba Cloud, combining Pro-tier quality with instruction-based image modification. Anonymous.

Video Models

  • Gemini Omni Flash 1.1 — Video generation model from Google DeepMind. Anonymous. Available to all users

  • Gemini Omni Flash 1.1 R2V — Reference-to-video variant of Gemini Omni Flash 1.1 from Google DeepMind, enabling image-guided video generation. Anonymous. Available to all users

  • MiniMax H3 Max R2V — Reference-to-video variant of MiniMax H3 Max, enabling image-guided video generation. Private. Available to all users

  • MiniMax H3 Max — Video generation model from MiniMax. Private. Available to all users

  • Wan 3.0 Prime — Text-to-video generation model producing high-fidelity video from text prompts. Anonymous. Available to all users

  • Wan 3.0 Prime Reference — Reference-to-video variant of Wan 3.0 Prime, enabling image-guided video generation. Anonymous. Available to all users

  • Wan 2.2 Enhanced — Enhanced variant of the Wan 2.2 video generation model with improved output quality. Anonymous. Available to all users

  • LTX Video 2.5 Fast — Lightricks video generation model optimized for faster generation speed. Anonymous. Available to all users

  • LTX Video 2.5 Pro — Lightricks video generation model optimized for higher output quality. Anonymous. Available to all users

  • Seedance 2.5 — Text-to-video generation model with high-quality motion and scene coherence. Anonymous. Available to all users

  • Seedance 2.5 R2V — Reference-to-video variant of Seedance 2.5, enabling image-guided video generation. Anonymous. Available to all users

  • MiniMax H3 Enhanced — Enhanced video generation model from MiniMax with improved visual fidelity. Anonymous. Available to all users

  • MiniMax H3 R2V Enhanced — Reference-to-video variant of MiniMax H3 Enhanced from MiniMax, enabling image-guided video generation. Anonymous. Available to all users

  • Flux 3 — Video model from Black Forest Labs. Anonymous. Available to all users

  • Flux 3 First Last Frame — Black Forest Labs video model that generates video by interpolating between user-provided first and last frames. Anonymous

  • Wan 3.0 — Alibaba Cloud video generation model. Anonymous

  • Wan 3.0 Reference — Alibaba Cloud video model with reference image conditioning for subject or style consistency in generated video. Anonymous

  • MiniMax H3 — Video generation model from MiniMax. Anonymous

  • MiniMax H3 R2V — MiniMax video model with reference-to-video capability, generating video conditioned on a reference image. Anonymous

  • Grok Imagine 1.5 R2V — xAI video model with reference-to-video generation, producing video guided by a reference image. Private

App

Chat

  • Sub-Agent Side Panel — Sub-agent output streams now open in a side panel instead of inline.

  • Agent Search — New advanced search interface for finding agents.

  • Content Reporting — Users can now report content directly from the interface.

  • Reasoning Effort for Kimi K3 — Reasoning effort is now configurable when using the Kimi K3 model.

  • LCC Toggle — The LCC toggle now appears on eligible non-pay-per-use models.

  • Status Indicator Redesign — The auto-expanding status widget has been replaced with a sidebar indicator that opens a detail modal on click.

  • Local PDF Parsing — PDF files are now parsed locally in the browser instead of server-side

  • Text Input Character Limits — All text input fields now enforce maximum character length constraints.

  • Citation Link Warning — A warning is now shown when clicking external links in citations.

  • Sound Effects Prompt Limit — Increased the maximum prompt length for sound effects generation to 450 characters.

  • MiniMax H3 Prompt Limit — Increased the prompt character limit for MiniMax H3 to 7,000 characters.

  • Qwen 3.8 27B Reasoning Effort — Added reasoning effort control for the Qwen 3.8 27B model.

  • Qwen 3.8 2.4T Function Calling — Function calling is now enabled for this model.

  • Prompt Enhancer on Edit/Combine — The prompt enhancer now runs automatically when submitting edit or combine operations.

  • Chat Composer Overlay — Messages beneath the chat composer now fade out with a gradient mask instead of being hidden behind a solid backdrop.

  • Default Thinking Level — The default thinking level for reasoning models is now set to High (previously Normal).

  • Chat Memory for TEE Models — Chat Memory is now available on TEE models when end-to-end encryption is turned off

  • Publication Rejection Banner — A rejection banner is now displayed when an agent or publication fails moderation review.

  • Full-Size File Preview in Chat — Clicking file thumbnails in classic chat now opens a full-size preview.

  • Tool Icons in Details Card — Tool icons now appear on the details card for agents and listings.

  • Copy JSON in Admin — New "Copy JSON" button on the admin agent detail modal.

Image, Video and Audio

  • Video-to-Video Quotes — Video-to-video price quotes now factor in the detected duration of the input video.

  • Replace Asset — Added the ability to replace an uploaded asset in place.

  • Voice Selection UI — Selected voice and active recording state are now more clearly indicated in the UI.

  • Audio Trimming — Audio trimming is now decode-accurate; files that cannot be trimmed are rejected instead of silently failing.

  • Preset Voices for Grok Imagine 1.5 R2V — Added preset xAI voice options for the Grok Imagine 1.5 R2V model

  • Video Model Annotations — Video model options now display capability annotations matching the format used in the image model selector.

  • Prompt Enhancer for Inpainting — The prompt enhancer is now automatically applied when using the inpaint mask tool.

  • Audio Studio Loop Toggle — New toggle in Audio Studio to loop audio playback.

  • Doodle Mode Updates — Improved model picker in Doodle mode and added a recommendation call-to-action for the Seedream model.

  • Studio Reasoning Variants — Generation and edit variants in Studio now support reasoning output.

  • Video Price Quotes — Video generation price estimates now factor in the number of reference images included.

  • Oversized Image Paste Handling — Pasting an oversized image now automatically resizes it instead of rejecting it.

  • New xAI TTS Voices — Additional text-to-speech voices from xAI are now available in Audio Studio.

  • Mask-Aware Prompt Enhancer — The prompt enhancer now factors in the inpaint mask region and displays the mask during enhancement.

  • Model Selection for Image & Video Tools — New model selector UI added to image and video generation tools.

  • Editor Import Metadata — Importing generated media into the editor now carries over the original prompt, model, and settings.

  • Reference Audio Limits — Chat and studio now enforce the maximum number of reference audio files per model

  • Mobile HTML Sandbox — HTML sandbox previews now render on mobile devices

  • Wan 3.0 Reference Image Limit — Upload tiles now enforce the maximum reference image count for Wan 3.0

  • Reference Image Deduplication — Duplicate reference images are automatically filtered out when appended

  • Video Task ID — Task ID is now displayed in video details panels in both chat and studio

  • Reference Image Preview — Click reference image thumbnails to view the full-size image

  • Video Card Layout — Video cards now display at full width

  • Video Edit UI — Added a new interface for editing generated videos

  • Character Photo Generation Settings — Expanded and reworked the configuration options for character photo generation.

  • Video Model Ordering — Wan 2.7 Enhanced (Image-to-Video and Text-to-Video) is now pinned to the top of the video model selector.

  • Studio Paste Confirmation — The paste confirmation dialog in Studio now clarifies that pasting creates an Edit session.

  • Voice Menu Avatars & Previews — The Studio Voice menu now displays seeded gradient avatars and per-voice audio previews.

  • Audio Studio Recording — Added source audio input and recording support to Audio Studio.

  • Reference Audio Preview — Reference audio clips now support click-to-play inline preview.

  • Wan 3.0 Reference-to-Video Audio Input — A reference audio input field is now shown when using Wan 3.0 in Reference-to-Video mode.

  • Wan 3.0 Reference Audio in Chat — Classic chat now accepts and auto-truncates reference audio for Wan 3.0 video generation.

  • Agentic Video Notifications — Users receive a notification when an agentic video generation completes.

  • Model Search in Tool Editor — Added a search field in the tool editor to find models by name.

  • Studio Edit History Clustering — Studio edit rail history is now grouped into per-turn clusters instead of a flat list.

  • Export Video History — Video generation history can now be exported as CSV or JSON.

  • Session Edit in Studio — Sessions can now be edited directly within Studio.

Library and Media

  • Uncategorized Category — "Uncategorized" is now a browsable, directly linkable category.

  • Publish Confirmation Popover — Publishing now requires confirmation via a stateful review popover showing current status.

  • Publishing Progress Indicator — The publish flow now displays progress, and the publish button is disabled when there are no pending changes.

  • Listing Search Relocated — The listing search bar has moved from the page body into the header.

  • Reference Media Validation — Title and description fields are now required when editing reference media.

Account and Settings

  • Discount Expiry Info — Discount tooltips now show the exact expiration date and time.

  • Usage Table Layout — The reference ID in the usage table has moved into a per-row overflow menu.

  • Progressive Blur Header — Page header now uses a progressive blur overlay effect

  • Cost Management Date Ranges — Added 90-day, 6-month, 12-month, year-to-date, and all-time date ranges, plus working custom date windows

  • Fair-Use Rate Limit Messaging — Paid users now see a fair-use rate-limit notice when usage thresholds are reached.

  • Publishing Rate Limit Toast — A toast notification now appears when a publishing rate limit is reached.

  • Creator Social Avatar — Creator profile pages now display the creator's linked social avatar.

Wallet and Payments

  • Crypto Monthly Subscriptions — Monthly subscription plans can now be paid via BTCPay or Coinbase

  • Crypto Subscriptions General Availability — Monthly crypto-paid subscriptions are now available to all users

  • API Image Billing — Image generation via the API now tracks and bills credit usage

  • Bitcoin Credit Purchases — Credits can now be purchased using Bitcoin via BTCPay

  • USDC Payments via Stripe — USDC is now available as a payment method in the credits purchase modal through Stripe

  • Localized Currency Display — Credit purchase amounts now display in the user's local currency format during checkout

Mobile App

  • Image View Actions — Added action buttons such as save and share to the image viewer.

  • Reference Image Details — Media reference images now display their associated metadata.

  • Agentic Chat - Introduced Agentic Chat (Chat V2), a new multi-step chat mode powered by an agent, with access to Venice tools and features.

  • Encrypted Chat Backup — Chat history and media can now be backed up and restored with passphrase-based encryption

  • Android Native Paste Menu — Android text fields now use the OS-native paste menu

  • iOS Native Paste Menu — iOS text fields now use the OS-native paste menu

  • Model Section Layout — Text and image model settings are now displayed in separate sections

  • iOS Chat Rename — Chat rename prompts on iOS now use native system dialogs

  • Account Pill Settings Shortcut — Tapping the account pill now opens Settings directly

  • Settings Navigation Overhaul — Redesigned the Settings navigation structure and root screen

  • Native Context Menu — Added native OS context menu support for long-press actions

  • Per-Model Image Input Limits — Image attachment limits are now enforced per model based on each model's supported input count

  • Reference Image Previews — Image previews now display in the reference edit sheet when editing image references.

  • Offline Indicator — Added an offline status banner in the header when the device loses connectivity.

  • Database Recovery — Added a force-reinitialize option to the locked database dialog when the local database becomes inaccessible.

  • Database Backup Prompt — The locked database dialog now prompts users to back up data before taking recovery actions.

  • Image Edit Limit Removed — Removed the per-image edit limit; users can now make unlimited edits to a generated image.

  • Fork Conversation — Added a fork conversation option in classic chat, allowing users to branch a conversation from any message.

  • Glass Theme Colors — Added additional color options to the glass theme.

  • Glass Chat Chrome — Added a floating glass-style chat chrome UI for conversations.

  • Frosted Glass Chat Header — The chat header now uses a frosted glass visual effect in the mobile app.

  • Video Loading Cards — Video generation and video editing outputs now show loading card indicators while processing.

  • Voice Chat Ready State — Voice chat now displays an "ask anything" prompt when ready for input.

  • Video Edit Accessibility — Improved accessibility support in the video editing interface.

  • Agentic Video Edit Results — Agentic video editing now renders edit results inline in the conversation.

  • App Status in Header — The app header now surfaces current app status notifications when relevant.

  • Chat Carousel Image Swap — Images in the chat carousel can now be swapped out during editing.

  • Chat Improvements — User messages now render code blocks; daily-limit messaging for paid users shows local reset times; model list displays a "cheapest" badge.

  • Doodle Before Inpaint — Users can now draw on an image before applying inpaint edits.

  • Model Explorer from Selector — The model selector now includes an option to open the model explorer.

  • Model Info Tap Action — Tapping model info in the selector now opens a model details view.

  • xAI TTS Voices — Added xAI text-to-speech models to the voice switcher.

  • TTS Model Switcher — New switcher component for selecting between available text-to-speech models.

  • Publish Action — Added a Publish button to the media details header

  • Rate Limit Banner — A "slow down" banner now appears when the per-minute chat message limit is reached

  • Font Options — Added a font selection popover in Settings to choose between available typefaces

  • Floating Drawer Header — Navigation drawer now displays a floating header that stays visible while scrolling

  • Font Selector — New font picker in settings with added Inter font support

API

  • Gemini Omni Flash 1.1 — Gemini Omni Flash 1.1 is now available through the public API.

  • Voice Parameter Defaults — Redundant default voice values are no longer returned in API responses.

  • Seedance Video API Documentation — Documented source-matched aspect ratio and duration parameters for the Seedance Video API.

  • Seedance API Content Policy — Updated media content policy documentation for the Seedance public API.

  • API vs App Pricing Docs — Added documentation clarifying the distinction between API pricing and consumer app pricing.

  • Billing History API Reference —w Added a new API reference page for usage and billing history.

  • Uncensored Model Flag — GET /v1/models now returns model_spec.uncensored, so clients no longer need to infer the label from model traits or model ID substrings.

  • Embeddings Text-Only Validation — Embeddings requests that pass token ID arrays now return a validation error instead of failing upstream.

  • Embeddings Privacy Enforcement — The PRIVATE_TEXT API key privacy setting now applies to embeddings requests, which were previously treated as non-text.

  • Billing Usage Endpoint Sunset — GET /v1/billing/usage is deprecated in favor of GET /v1/billing/usage-history.

  • Wan 3.0 General Availability — Wan 3.0 text-to-video, image-to-video, and reference-to-video are now available to all API users,

  • Wan 3.0 Prime — Added new Wan 3.0 Prime video model variants to the API.

  • Grok Imagine 2.0 — Grok Imagine 2.0 image generation and editing are now available to all API users.

  • DeepSeek V4 Flash Fast — DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 Fast is now available on the API with a maximum output length of 128K tokens.

  • Qwen Image 3 Edit Models — Qwen Image 3 Edit and Qwen Image 3 Pro Edit are now available through the image edit API.

  • Video Prompt Length Increase — Increased the maximum prompt and negative_prompt length for video requests from 10,000 to 20,000 characters.

  • Sound Effects Loop Parameter — The Sound Effects API now accepts a loop parameter.

  • TTS Response Format — The speech endpoint now accepts response_format, and GET /v1/models now publishes the output formats supported by each speech model.

  • Model Listing Privacy Filter — GET /v1/models now filters results based on the calling API key's model privacy setting and returns MODEL_PRIVACY_RESTRICTED for models the key cannot access.

  • Partner Rate Quoting — The cost object in chat completions responses now reflects negotiated partner rates instead of public list rates.

  • Model Listing Cache Headers — GET /v1/models responses are no longer cacheable because model visibility and negotiated rates can vary by caller.

  • Character API Visibility — Characters can now be individually marked as API-accessible, controlling whether they appear on the characters endpoint.

  • Seedance Bitrate Mode — Seedance 2.0 and 2.5 video requests now accept a bitrate_mode of standard or high.

  • Rate Limit Error Types — Rate limit errors now include a typed reason, with documented values for RPM, TPM, RPD, FAILED_REQUESTS, and UNSUPPORTED_FEATURE_REQUESTS.

  • Paid Tier Text Limits — Adjusted paid tier daily text limits to 10,000 requests per day.

  • xAI Video Input Pricing — Video requests to xAI models are now billed per input image instead of using a flat surcharge.

  • Image Promotional Pricing — Promotional discounts now apply to image models, including launch discounts for Qwen Image 3 and MiniMax H3.

  • Qwen 3.8 Max Price Reduction — Reduced Qwen 3.8 Max list prices by 50% as a limited-time promotion.

  • Model Trait Reassignment — Updated model traits to point to active models: default and function_calling_default now resolve to GLM 5.2, most_intelligent to Grok 4.6, default_reasoning to Kimi K3, default_vision to Qwen 3.8 27B, and default_code to DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813.

  • Gemini 3.7 Flash — Gemini 3.7 Flash is now available on the API with a 50% introductory discount through December 31, 2026.

  • Nemotron Cascade 2 Removed — NVIDIA Nemotron Cascade 2 30B is no longer available through the API.

  • Voice Changer Error Handling — Voice Changer requests that fail permanently now return a terminal, non-retryable error instead of a retryable HTTP 500.

  • Voice ID Error Handling — Requests with an unresolvable Voice ID now return a terminal error instead of a retryable HTTP 500.

  • Models API Promotional Rates — The public models endpoint now includes promotional pricing data when applicable.

  • Voice Changer Credit Refunds — Fixed an issue where credits were not refunded after Voice Changer failures due to a truncated charge identifier.

  • Overload Retry Headers — Overloaded text-to-image requests now return HTTP 429 with a Retry-After header where supported.

  • New TTS Voices — Added new voices to the text-to-speech API.

  • Image URL Validation — The API now validates remote image_url values on inference requests and rejects invalid or unreachable URLs.

  • Video URL Validation — The API now validates remote video_url values on inference requests and rejects invalid or unreachable URLs.

  • Chat Rate Limits for Paid Tiers — Configured chat rate limits are now enforced for paid tier users.

  • Per-API-Key Model Privacy Enforcement — Model privacy settings configured per API key are now enforced on inference requests.

  • Default API Model — Updated the default model used for API text generation requests.

  • API Key Deep Link — Added support for deep-linking directly to the Create API Key modal.

  • Wan 3.0 API Defaults — Aligned Wan 3.0 default parameters with the general availability API specification.

  • Per-API-Key Model Privacy Setting — API keys now support a persistent model privacy setting.

  • Rate Limit Increase — Doubled Pro and Partner tier rate limits for Gemma 4 26B A4B and Qwen3.6 35B A3B.

  • Seedance OpenAPI Documentation — Added source-matched duration and aspect ratio parameters to the OpenAPI specification for Seedance video generation.

  • Seedance Source-Matched Parameters — The Video API now accepts source-matched aspect ratio and duration parameters for Seedance requests.

  • Seedance Edit/Extend Fix — Free-form edit and extend prompts are now detected before request submission, reducing provider rejections caused by mismatched ratio or duration parameters.

  • Seedance Faces-Off Endpoints — Added paired API endpoints for Seedance video generation with face detection disabled.

  • Model Rate Limit Increases — Increased rate limits by 50% for kimi-k3, deepseek-v4-flash-0731, qwen3-6-27b, and deepseek-v4-flash-0731.

Model Deprecations

  • Phala Qwen3.6 35B Uncensored 

  • NEAR Gemma 4 31B 

  • AionLabs Aion 2.0 

  • Arcee Trinity Large (Thinking) 

  • GLM 5 (TEE) 

  • GLM 4.7 Flash (TEE) 

  • Qwen3.5 122B A10B (TEE) 

  • LTX-2 and LTX-2 19B 

  • Grok Imagine Image Pro 

  • Runway Gen-4 Aleph 

  • Claude Opus 4.7 Fast 

  • GLM 4.7 (TEE)

  • Venice Uncensored 24B (TEE) 

  • Qwen3 30B A3B (TEE) 

  • DeepSeek V4 Flash 

Venice.ai Change Log - May 26, 2026 - July 27, 2026

New Models

Text

Model

Type

Privacy Mode

Availability

Rollout date

Claude Opus 5

Text

Anonymous

All users

Jul 23, 2026

Claude Opus 5 Fast

Text

Anonymous

All users

Jul 23, 2026

Qwen 3.6 35B A3B

Text

Private

All users

Jul 20, 2026

Kimi K3

Text

Private

All users

Jul 16, 2026

Inkling

Text

Private

All users

Jul 16, 2026

Gemini 3.6 Flash

Text

Anonymous

All users

Jul 09, 2026

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

Text

Anonymous

All users

Jul 09, 2026

GPT-5.6 Luna

Text

Anonymous

All users

Jul 09, 2026

GPT-5.6 Luna Pro

Text

Anonymous

All users

Jul 09, 2026

GPT-5.6 Terra

Text

Anonymous

All users

Jul 09, 2026

GPT-5.6 Terra Pro

Text

Anonymous

All users

Jul 09, 2026

GPT-5.6 Sol

Text

Anonymous

All users

Jul 09, 2026

GPT-5.6 Sol Pro

Text

Anonymous

All users

Jul 09, 2026

Aion 3.0

Text

Anonymous

All users

Jul 08, 2026

Aion 3.0 Mini

Text

Anonymous

All users

Jul 08, 2026

Grok 4.5

Text

Private

All users

Jul 07, 2026

Qwen 3.6 27B FP8

Text

E2EE/TEE

All users

Jul 07, 2026

DeepSeek V4 Flash

Text

E2EE/TEE

All users

Jul 07, 2026

Claude Sonnet 5

Text

Anonymous

All users

Jun 29, 2026

Seed 2.1 Turbo

Text

Anonymous

All users

Jun 28, 2026

GLM 5.2

Text

Privacy TBD

All users

Jun 16, 2026

Kimi K2.7 Code

Text

Privacy TBD

All users

Jun 13, 2026

MiniMax M3 Preview

Text

Privacy TBD

All users

Jun 12, 2026

MiMo-V2.5

Text

Privacy TBD

All users

Jun 11, 2026

Claude Fable 5

Text

Anonymous

All users

Jun 10, 2026

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra

Text

Private

All users

Jun 04, 2026

Qwen 3.7 Plus

Text

Anonymous

All users

Jun 02, 2026

Claude Opus 4.8

Text

Anonymous

All users

May 28, 2026

Claude Opus 4.8 Fast

Text

Anonymous

All users

May 28, 2026

Image & Video Models

Model

Type

Privacy Mode

Availability

Rollout date

Seedream V5 Pro

Image

Anonymous

All users

Jul 08, 2026

Krea 2 Turbo

Image

Private

All users

Jun 30, 2026

Nano Banana 2 Lite

Image

Anonymous

All users

Jun 30, 2026

Luma Uni-1

Image

Anonymous

All users

Jun 17, 2026

Luma Uni-1 Max

Image

Anonymous

All users

Jun 17, 2026

Qwen Edit Uncensored

Image

Private

All users

Jun 04, 2026

Ideogram V4

Image

Anonymous

All users

Jun 03, 2026

Krea v2 Large

Image

Anonymous

All users

May 22, 2026

Krea v2 Medium

Image

Anonymous

All users

May 22, 2026

Qwen Image

Image

Anonymous

All users

Jan 11, 2025

Gemini Omni Flash

Video

Anonymous

All users

Jun 30, 2026

Gemini Omni Flash R2V

Video

Anonymous

All users

Jun 30, 2026

HappyHorse 1.1

Video

Anonymous

All users

Jun 22, 2026

HappyHorse 1.1 Reference

Video

Anonymous

All users

Jun 22, 2026

Kling V3 Turbo Pro

Video

Anonymous

All users

Jun 17, 2026

Kling V3 Turbo Standard

Video

Anonymous

All users

Jun 17, 2026

Wan 2.7 Enhanced

Video

Anonymous

All users

Jun 03, 2026

Grok Imagine 1.5 Private

Video

Private

All users

May 31, 2026

Audio Models

Model

Type

Privacy Mode

Availability

Rollout date

Sonilo V1.1 Music

Audio

Anonymous

All users

Jul 21, 2026

Sonilo V1.1 Sound Effects

Audio

Anonymous

All users

Jul 21, 2026

Seed Audio 1.0

Audio

Anonymous

All users

Jun 29, 2026

Gradium TTS

Audio

Anonymous

All users

Jun 05, 2026

Model Updates

  • TEE GLM 5.2 Function Calling — Function calling is now enabled for TEE GLM 5.2 (e2ee-glm-5-2-p)

  • Ideogram V4 Rendering Speed — Ideogram V4 is now pinned to QUALITY rendering speed

  • Qwen3 6-35B-A3B Public Release — qwen3-6-35b-a3b is now available to all users

App

Chat

  • Video & Audio Attachments in Chat — Attach video and audio files in chat conversations with models that support audio or video input.

  • Chat Video Attachments — Chat messages now support multiple video attachments, with the maximum count varying by model.

  • Chat Insights & Memoria — Chat insights are now extracted per conversation and combined with Memoria notes

  • Image Upload — Redesigned the image upload flow for vision-capable models.

  • Automatic Language Detection — Chat now automatically detects and responds in the language of the user's input

  • Voice Mode Chat Indicator — Chat surface now visually reflects when voice mode is active.

  • Voice Agent Silence Detection — Voice agent now supports silence detection during conversations.

  • X Search Toggle — New X Search toggle added to text generation settings, shown when the capability is available

  • Audio Reference Clips — Add audio reference clips to prompts using @-mention autocomplete in the composer.

  • Drag-and-Drop Reference Videos — Reference videos can now be dragged and dropped directly into chat.

  • Image Paste Menu — New paste menu option in chat allows pasting images directly from the clipboard

  • Large Context Toggle — New "Large Context" switch in advanced text settings.

  • Image Reasoning Toggle — Added a toggle to enable image reasoning for selected models.

  • Image Model in Character Chat — Users can now switch the image generation model directly within character chat.

  • Resizable Assistant Panel — The assistant panel can now be resized by dragging its edge

  • Scroll-to-Bottom Button — Added a scroll-to-bottom button in chat conversations.

  • Content Moderation — When a request is blocked by content moderation, a suggested alternative model is now displayed.

  • Model Selector Filters — Added sort and filter controls to the all-models view in the model selector

  • Model Selector Filtering — The model selector now displays only models the user has access to.

  • Recommended Models — Updated the set of Venice-recommended models shown to users.

  • Agentic Chat Welcome Message — Agentic chat now displays a welcome message on first open

  • Chat Insights Toggle — Chat insights and chat memory can now be enabled or disabled independently

  • Agentic Video Acceptance Modal — New confirmation modal to accept or reject output in the agentic video flow.

  • Agentic Video Regenerate — Added a regenerate action to agentic video output.

  • Auto-Approve Checkbox on Video Card — Added an auto-approve checkbox directly on the agentic video approval card.

  • Chat Send Indicator — Unified status indicator showing current chat message state (sending, streaming, complete)

  • Agentic Image Moderation — Images generated during agentic workflows now display with a blur and moderation overlay

  • Agentic Chat Video Duration — Video generation in agentic chat now defaults to the longest available duration for each model.

  • Model Capacity Error — Users now see a "model at capacity" error message when a model is temporarily unavailable instead of a generic failure.

  • Content Policy Error Messages — Chat now displays a specific content policy violation error instead of a generic failure message.

  • Chat Navigation Button — Replaced the chat preview tab with a chat navigation button

  • Video Background Fade — Background video now fades out with an animation when a message is sent

  • Delete Chat History Warning — Deleting chat history now displays a warning that Studio and video editor data will also be removed

  • Context Usage Meter — The context usage indicator now includes tokens from attached files in its count.

  • Context Usage Indicator — Context usage indicator is now hidden by default; a new toggle in Advanced Settings controls its visibility.

  • Conditional Sampling Controls — Temperature and Top P sliders are now hidden when the selected model does not support sampling parameters

  • Reasoning Mode Tooltip — Added a tooltip explaining reasoning mode when hovering over the toggle

  • Agentic Chat Video Descriptions — Rewrote video model descriptions in agentic chat to provide clearer guidance on each model's characteristics and best uses.

  • Welcome Copy Update — Removed suggested thought-starters from the chat welcome screen

  • Welcome Experience Scope — The onboarding welcome experience now appears only in agent chat

  • Public Character Soft Delete — Public characters can now be soft-deleted, removing them from public view while preserving underlying data for potential restoration.

Image, Video and Audio

  • Doodle Tool — New freehand drawing tool added to the image editor

  • Reference Images — Users can now provide a reference image to guide image generation output.

  • Voice Cloning — New voice clone interface added to text-to-speech settings, allowing users to create custom voices.

  • Edit with Mask in Enhance — Added mask-based editing (inpainting) to the Enhance workflow

  • Style References General Availability — Style References are now enabled for all users, not just Pro

  • Image Variant Editing — Edit and combine image variants directly from generated results.

  • Seed Audio — Seed Audio now supports multilingual input and word-level timing.

  • Reference Images — Added reference image support to image generation

  • Style References in Image Generation — Style reference controls added to the Image generation tab

  • Voice Picker Redesign — Voice picker reorganized into sections with new audio preview controls for sampling voices.

  • Prompt Enhance in Studio — New Prompt Enhance button added to the Studio generation toolbar

  • Style Reference Multi-Image — Style references now accept multiple images as input simultaneously

  • Image Generation Settings — Added image quality and resolution selectors, plus a toggle to display context token usage

  • Audio Timing Templates & Subtitles — Audio Studio now offers timing templates and subtitle file downloads

  • Voice Cloning UI — Redesigned voice cloning interface in the Studio with a decoupled layout

  • Prompt Optimization Toggle — New toggle in image settings to enable or disable prompt-optimization thinking.

  • Image Streaming Toggle — Added a streaming on/off switch to image generation settings

  • File Attachments as Media References — File attachments can now be used as media references in generation prompts.

  • Image Modal Upscaler — Updated the image modal to support the new upscaler workflow.

  • Blocked Image Reason — Blocked images now display the specific block reason instead of downloading a blacked-out image.

  • Video Audio Ducking — Playing a video now automatically lowers the volume of other audio

  • Composer Media Dropzones — Each slot in the composer now has its own media dropzone and an inline reference shelf for attached references

  • Edit Limit Banner — A banner now appears in the editor modal and Studio when the daily edit limit is reached, offering a pay-per-use fallback.

  • Image Controls Overlay — Image tab controls now appear in a responsive overlay instead of a fixed panel

  • Per-Model Variant Settings — Each model variant in Studio now has its own configurable settings

  • Editable Title Colors — Title text colors in the video editor are now editable

  • Library Frame Selection — Frame images for video generation can now be picked from the Library

  • Auto-Retry on Content Block — Image generation automatically retries when all variants are content-blocked.

  • Reference Audio Persistence — Reference audio clips are now saved between sessions and can be downloaded

  • Assistant Panel Layout — Assistant panel now docks as a slide-out within the editor layout

  • Enhance History Controls — Added visibility controls for prompt enhancement history.

  • Assistant Panel Persistence — The assistant panel retains its selected Mind and state when switching between editor tabs

  • Assistant Panel Reset — Added a reset button to clear the conversation in the assistant panel

  • Variant Model Picker — Model selection for image variants now uses a responsive dialog

  • Output Acceptance Thumbnails — Output acceptance modal now shows an input thumbnail and "N of M" counter for multi-variant generations.

  • Style Reference Model Selector — Added a model selector within the Style Reference panel

  • Custom Voice ID — Added a Custom Voice ID input field in Audio Studio for user-supplied voice identifiers

  • Image-to-Video Validation — Image aspect ratio and dimensions are now validated against each video model's requirements before generation

  • Reference Video Validation — Reference videos that don't meet format or size requirements are rejected at the time of attachment with an error message.

  • Video Upscale Seed — Seed values are now supported for video upscaling, enabling reproducible results.

  • Inpaint Credit Tooltip — Added a tooltip showing credit cost for inpaint edits.

  • Image Edit Confirmation — Pay-per-use confirmation dialog is now skipped for image edit operations

  • Grok Imagine Edit Guidance — Added in-app guidance text for Grok Imagine image editing.

  • Video Reference Helper Text — Added instructional text in the video generation UI explaining how to stack multiple video references.

  • Model Switcher Video Filters — Improved grouping and filtering of video models in the model switcher.

  • Video Studio Retry Button — New retry button to resume polling on failed Video Studio generations

  • Auto Aspect Ratio Label — Aspect ratio selector now displays an "Auto" label when automatic aspect ratio is selected

  • Video Duration Default — Default duration for video models is now set to the middle option.

  • Video Generation Status Animation — Status text during video generation now animates to indicate progress.

  • Blurred Source Image During Image-to-Video — A blurred version of the source image is displayed while image-to-video generation is in progress.

  • Voice Settings Instructions — Added instructional text to the voice settings screen.

  • Likeness Check — Added a "Checking likeness…" placeholder in the likeness verification modal during processing.

  • References Tab Empty State — The References tab now displays a placeholder when no references exist

  • Image Model Input Limits — Each image model now enforces its actual maximum number of input images

  • Style Reference Settings — Style reference controls are now hidden when the selected model does not support them.

  • Start Frame Visibility — Start frame option is no longer shown for models that only accept reference images

  • Grok Single-Image Edits — Aspect ratio selector is now hidden when performing single-image edits with Grok.

Library and Media

  • Save Upscaled Images — Added the ability to save upscaled images directly.

  • Reclaim Storage — New user-initiated action to reclaim storage occupied by unused video editor media

  • Video Gallery — Improved video gallery layout; inputs now reset automatically after generation completes.

  • Header & Media Popovers — Redesigned header and media action popovers

  • Copy Last Frame — Added a "Copy Last Frame" button to the fullscreen video viewer.

  • Library Banner — Library banner artwork now adapts to the current light or dark theme

  • Library Banner Simplification — Simplified the feature banner shown in the Library

  • Image Resolution Handling — Updated resolution management in the image viewer

Account and Settings

  • Avatar and Cover Image Upload — Users can now upload custom avatar and cover images for their profiles.

  • Japanese and Chinese Language Support — Added Japanese and Chinese as available interface languages

  • Responsive Header & Autosave — Header adapts to screen size with an overflow menu for actions, and display settings now autosave

  • Korean Language — Added Korean to the language switcher.

  • Language Switcher — Added new languages to the language switcher.

  • Video Background Toggle — Added a setting to disable video backgrounds

  • Pro Chat Usage Display — Pro users now see "Unlimited" for remaining chat messages on the dashboard.

  • Resend Verification Code — Added a "Resend code" option on the verification screen.

  • Pay-Per-Use Image Settings — Added configurable confirmation settings for pay-per-use image generation and a fallback for image-edit attachments

  • Usage Limits Display — Added image edit and web scrape actions to the usage limits UI.

  • Settings Upgrade Routing — Tapping upgrade prompts in Settings now navigates to the Pro subscription screen.

  • User Rate Limits Tab — New tab in settings showing the user's current rate limits

  • Inpaint Limits Indicator — Inpaint usage limits are now displayed in settings

  • Media Verification Consent — Updated the content and layout of the media verification consent modal.

  • API Rate Limits Card — API settings now display a rate limits card showing limits for the user's current tier

  • API Key Setup — API settings page now shows base URL and agent prompt configuration more clearly

  • Settings Subtitles — Replaced info popovers in Settings with inline subtitle text.

  • Language Settings Popovers — Improved language selection popovers in Settings.

  • Encrypted Backups — Updated the informational note text on the encrypted backups screen.

Wallet and Payments

  • Wallet Payments Without Email — Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Link payments no longer require manually entering an email address

  • Custom Credit Purchase — New form allowing users to enter a custom dollar amount when buying credits

  • Solana Wallet Top-Up — Solana is now accepted as a payment method for account top-ups and wallet authentication.

  • Model Pricing in Selector — Model selector popovers now display contextual per-model pricing.

  • Cheapest Model Tag — A "Cheapest" tag now appears in the model switcher to indicate the lowest-cost option.

  • Promo Code URLs — Promo codes included in shared URLs are now automatically applied.

  • Promo Code Redemption — Promo codes can now be redeemed directly from the Billing settings page

  • Paid Image Confirmation — Added a confirmation step before generating images that consume credits.

  • Voice Upgrade Dialog — New dialog prompting users to upgrade for voice mode access.

  • Resubscribe Button — Added a resubscribe button for Stripe users who previously cancelled their subscription.

  • Voice Agent Billing — Voice agent usage is now metered and billed in per-second increments.

  • Video Auto-Approve — New auto-approve checkbox and corresponding settings toggle for pay-per-use video generation.

  • Cancel Past-Due Subscriptions — Users can now cancel subscriptions that are in a past-due payment state.

  • Thinking Surcharge Display — The edit-credit-cost view now shows the per-level surcharge for thinking/reasoning steps

Mobile App

  • Agentic Chat on Mobile — Agentic chat call-to-action now appears in the mobile header.

  • Image Paste Support — Users can now paste images directly into chat input fields on native mobile.

  • Image Quality & Resolution Selectors — Added image quality and resolution selectors to the mobile app, matching the web app.

  • Drawer Menu & Folder Creation — Refined drawer menu layout and added a dialog to create new chat folders.

  • Multi-Select Delete UX — Improved the flow for selecting and deleting multiple chats at once.

  • Long Press Chat Menu — Long-pressing a chat in the sidebar opens a context menu with actions.

  • Long Press Image Actions — Long-pressing a generated image now shows a context menu with additional actions.

  • Add to Chat — Added an "Add to chat" option when selecting text, with a contextual title label.

  • Restore Purchases (iOS) — Added a "Restore Purchases" button to iOS subscription screens for recovering previous in-app purchases

  • Billing Settings Screen — Added a new Billing screen to the mobile app's Settings.

  • Video Settings — Redesigned video settings with inline descriptions and native-style pickers

  • Tablet Chat Layout — Chat screens now enforce a maximum content width on tablet-sized displays

  • Usage Settings — Added a Usage section to the mobile app settings

  • Drawer Menu Icons — Added icons to navigation drawer menu items.

  • Profile Button — Profile button restyled as a floating liquid glass card

  • iOS Liquid Glass Headers — Settings headers on iOS now use Apple's native Liquid Glass styling.

  • Native iOS Controls in Settings — Settings screens now use native iOS controls instead of custom components.

  • Account & Settings — Account and settings screens now use native sheet and stack presentation

  • Image Long-Press Menu — Image long-press menu uses liquid glass styling on iOS 26+

  • Image Generation Error Messages — Updated content-filter error copy for image generation on mobile.

  • Settings Swipe Navigation — Disabled swipe-back gesture in Settings to prevent accidental navigation.

  • Tablet Image Sizing — Capped maximum image dimensions on tablet devices.

  • iOS Studio Performance — Reduced image upload limits and added frame compression in Studio to lower memory usage on iOS

  • Android v1.17.2 — Updated Android APK to version 1.17.2

API

  • Voice Cloning API — Added API handlers enabling voice cloning for API clients.

  • Reduced API pricing — Reduced API pricing is now available for many models, including DeepSeek V4 Pro, DeepSeek V4 Flash, GLM 4.7 Flash Heretic, MiniMax M2.5, Gemma 4 26B A4B, MiMo V2.5, Kimi K2.7 Code, GLM 5.1, and Qwen3 VL 235B.

  • Venice Edit API Resource — Venice Edit is now available as an API-accessible image editing resource.

  • Style Reference Endpoint — New API endpoint for applying style references to image generation requests.

  • Image API — Added enhance_prompt parameter to the public image generate, edit, and multi-edit API endpoints.

  • Reference Audio for Voice Models — Reference audio input is now supported across all voice models.

  • Solana Top-Up and Auth — The top-up endpoint and Sign-In with Wallet (SIWX) inference authentication now support Solana wallets.

  • Seedance 2.0 Consent API — Added a consent endpoint for Seedance 2.0 video generation via the API.

  • Qwen-Edit API Retention — Qwen-Edit remains available in the API; previously planned deprecation has been cancelled.

  • Cost Field in LLM Response — New cost property on the LLM response body indicating the request's cost.

  • x402 Inference Support — Added x402 protocol support for handling inference payment tasks.

  • Agent Tools Endpoint — New GET /api/inference/agent/tools endpoint to list available agent tools.

  • Usage History Export — Added an API route to export session-level usage history.

  • Usage History API — Added a new billing/usage-history endpoint specification to the API.

  • Deprecated Usage Endpoint Rate Limit — The ‘billing/usage’ endpoint is deprecated in favor of /billing/usage-history

  • Usage History Endpoint — New usage-history endpoint added for retrieving billing usage data.

  • Anthropic Fallbacks Parameter — The API now accepts the Anthropic-style fallbacks parameter on model requests.

  • Reasoning Effort in /v1/models — The /v1/models response now advertises reasoning_effort support for compatible models.

  • API Credits Order Status — The API credits order status response now includes amount and currency fields.

  • Credits Order Status Response — Added amount and currency fields to the API credits order status response.

  • Rate Limit Scope — Capability-based rate limits are now applied only to specific endpoints rather than globally.

  • Video Content Policy Errors — Improved error responses returned when video generation requests violate content policies.

  • Image Edit Parameter — New disable_prompt_optimization_thinking parameter on /v1/image/edit-image to skip prompt optimization.

  • Qwen 3.5 9B Rate Limits — Rate limits for qwen3-5-9b doubled from the small-tier defaults.

  • Gemma 4 31B Rate Limits — Rate limits for google-gemma-4-31b-it raised to 300 RPM and 6M TPM.

  • OpenAPI Spec — /openapi.json now pins the server URL to api.venice.ai.

  • Deprecated Usage Endpoint Rate Limit — A 1 RPM rate limit is now enforced on the deprecated billing usage endpoint.

  • API Tools Documentation — Added documentation covering API tools usage.

  • API Key Generation Guide — Revised the API key generation guide with updated content.

  • Rate Limit Docs — Updated the rate limit documentation page.

  • API Error Codes Page — Updated the API error codes documentation page.

  • Agent CTAs in API Overview — Added agent-related calls to action on the API overview documentation page.

Model Deprecations

  • Claude Opus 4.6 Fast — Retired on June 29, 2026.

  • Claude Opus 4.7 Fast — Retired on July 24, 2026.

  • Qwen Edit 2511 — Retired. API requests using qwen-edit now route to Qwen Edit Uncensored.

  • Qwen Edit — Scheduled for retirement.

  • LTX Video 2.0 Full Quality — Deprecated. Image-to-video traffic routed to LTX 2 v2.3 Full Image-to-Video.

  • LTX Video 2.0 Fast — Deprecated. Image-to-video traffic routed to LTX 2 v2.3 Fast Image-to-Video.

  • LTX Video 2.0 19B — Deprecated. Image-to-video traffic routed to LTX 2 v2.3 Full Image-to-Video.

  • LTX Video 2.0 19B Distilled — Deprecated. Image-to-video traffic routed to LTX 2 v2.3 Fast Image-to-Video.

  • LTX Video 2.0 19B Video-to-Video — Retired on July 22, 2026.

  • LTX Video 2.0 19B Distilled Video-to-Video — Retired on July 22, 2026.

  • LTX Video 2.0 19B Extend — Retired on July 22, 2026.

  • LTX Video 2.0 19B Distilled Extend — Retired on July 22, 2026.

  • Runway Gen-4 Aleph — Scheduled for retirement.

Venice.ai Change Log - May 6, 2026 - May 25, 2026

Agentic Chat

Agentic Chat is now the default Venice chat experience, with tool
use, media generation, and multi-step workflows available directly
inside a conversation. Users can ask Venice to search, reason, generate
or edit images, create videos, and continue refining the result without
jumping between separate chats.

Open Agentic Chat: https://venice.ai/chat/agent

Here's everything else we shipped.

New Models

The following models have been added to Venice:

Text Models

  • Grok Build 0.1 — Text model from xAI. Private. Available to all
    users

  • Gemini 3.5 Flash — Google DeepMind's lightweight, low-latency text
    model optimized for speed. Anonymous. Available to all users.

  • Qwen 3.7 Max — Large-scale text model from Alibaba Cloud in the
    Qwen 3.7 family. Anonymous. Available to all users.

  • Gemma 4 31B Instruct — Google's 31B-parameter open text model with
    instruction tuning. TEE/E2EE. Available to all users.

  • Qwen 3.6 35B A3B FP8 — Mixture-of-experts text model from Alibaba
    Cloud with 35B total parameters and 3B active parameters, served in
    FP8 precision for efficient inference. TEE/E2EE. Available to all
    users.

  • Gemma 4 26B A4B Uncensored — Uncensored, unfiltered
    mixture-of-experts variant of Google's Gemma 4 with 26B total
    parameters and 4B active parameters. TEE/E2EE. Available to all users.

  • Qwen3.6 35B A3B Uncensored — Uncensored, unfiltered variant of
    Alibaba Cloud's Qwen 3.6 mixture-of-experts model with 35B total
    parameters and 3B active parameters. TEE/E2EE. Available to all users.

Image & Video Models

  • Grok Imagine High Quality (SOTA) — Image generation model from xAI
    with state-of-the-art quality output. Private. Available to all users.

  • Kling V3 Standard Motion Control — Kuaishou's V3 Standard video
    model with motion control support, enabling camera and subject
    movement direction in generated videos. Anonymous. Available to all
    users.

  • Kling V3 Pro Motion Control — Kuaishou's V3 Pro video model with
    motion control support, enabling camera and subject movement direction
    in generated videos at higher quality. Anonymous. Available to Pro
    users

Audio Models

  • Lyria 3 Pro — Google DeepMind audio and music generation model
    capable of producing high-fidelity instrumental and vocal tracks.
    Anonymous. Available to all users

Model Updates

  • Qwen Image Update — Effective June 18, Qwen Image pricing will
    increase from \$0.01 to \$0.03 per generated image. The model will
    also move from height / width parameters to aspect_ratio, with support
    for: 1:1, 3:2, 16:9, 21:9, 9:16, 2:3, 3:4, and 4:5.

  • GPT Image 2 Quality Selector — New quality setting added for GPT
    Image 2 image generation.

Web App

New Features & Improvements

  • Home Page Redesign — Redesigned home page with updated layout at
    venice.ai/home

  • Default Agentic Chat — The default chat route now redirects to
    agentic chat.

  • Agentic Chat Message Editing — Messages in agentic chat can now be
    edited in place without resending.

  • Auto-Approve Video in Agentic Chat — Video generation requests in
    agentic chat are now auto-approved without requiring manual
    confirmation.

  • Drag-to-Folder for Agentic Chat — Agentic chat conversations can
    now be dragged into folders in the sidebar

  • Video Studio Enhancements — Added start-from-shared-video,
    advanced model selection, generation queue, save-to-assets, and a
    "taking longer" progress indicator in Video Studio

  • Video Download — Videos can now be downloaded directly from the
    video interface

  • Download All Videos — New "Download All Videos" button in the
    Studio gallery to batch-download all generated videos.

  • In-Browser Camera Capture — Capture photos directly from the
    browser camera in Chat, Video Studio, Image Studio, and multi-edit

  • Model Selector Enhancements — Model cards now show an agentic
    filter, code-optimized indicator, capability icons, copy-ID button,
    and context window size.

  • Image-to-Video Progress Preview — A blurred version of the source
    image is now displayed while image-to-video generation is in progress.

  • Write Code Preset — New "Write Code" preset option added to chat
    for code-focused conversations

  • Audio Reference Chips — Audio files can now be attached as
    reference chips via the chat slash menu

  • Two-Factor Authentication — Added additional second-factor
    authentication options for account security

  • Email Identity Verification — Optional email address can now be
    linked for account identity verification

  • Unified Reference Upload — Single upload button that accepts
    image, video, and audio references in one action

  • Clickable Creator Name — Creator name in the Social Feed post
    detail header now links to the creator's profile

  • Emoji Reactions — Emoji reactions are now available on social
    posts in the Social Feed

  • Pinned Featured Models — Featured Image and Video models are now
    pinned and no longer change based on the user's current model
    selection

  • Suggested Prompts for Image & Video — Pre-written prompt
    suggestions now appear in the image and video generation interfaces.

  • Tool Call UI — New visual indicator in chat showing when the model
    is executing a tool call during a conversation.

  • Consumption Limit Reset Period — Consumption limits can now be
    configured with Monthly, Daily, or Total reset periods.

  • Image Generation Metadata — Generated images now include
    generation metadata (model, prompt, settings) embedded in the file.

  • Image Model Switching — Incompatible settings such as resolution
    or aspect ratio are now automatically reset when switching between
    image models.

  • Conversation Mode Minutes Display — Remaining conversation mode
    minutes are now shown in the Storage & Limits settings page.

Wallet and Payments

  • Crypto Subscription Credit Display — Credit balance now shown on
    the crypto subscription card.

  • Credit Cost Granularity — Credit costs now displayed with
    per-100-character precision.

  • Auto Top-Up — New option to automatically replenish credits when
    balance falls below a set threshold.

  • Crypto Subscription Management — Upgrade, downgrade, or cancel
    directly from the crypto subscription card.

  • Credit Usage History — View a detailed log of past credit usage in
    the wallet section.

  • Solana Top-Up Support — Solana is now accepted as a payment method
    for credit top-ups and wallet authentication.

Mobile App

  • Agentic Chat — Introduced Agentic Chat (Chat V2), a new multi-step
    chat mode powered by an agent, with access to Venice tools and
    features.

  • APK Install Dialog — New dialog prompts Android users to install
    the native APK.

  • Referral Screen — New referral screen presented as a modal in the
    mobile app.

  • Image Settings — Added pay-per-use configuration for image
    generation in app settings.

  • Image Search — Image search results now appear as output items in
    chat.

  • Video Carousel — Video carousel now supports Agentic Chat videos.

  • Enter Key to Send — Pressing Enter now submits messages in chat.

  • Image Modal Aspect Ratio Gating — The image modal now validates
    selected aspect ratios before generation.

  • Context Search Rendering — Added inline rendering of context
    search results in chat.

API

  • Venice MCP Server — Venice MCP server is now live, available as an
    npm package and on GitHub, with 31 tools covering Chat & Embeddings,
    Image, Video, Audio, and Web capabilities via the Model Context
    Protocol.

  • Venice Video MCP — Video generation tools are now available
    through an MCP-compatible workflow for agent builders using Venice
    video capabilities.

  • x402 Solana Support — The x402 top-up endpoint and wallet
    inference auth now support Solana.

  • Agent Tooling Docs — API docs now include an Agent Tooling section
    covering Venice MCP, Skills, and the Video Harness.

  • Private Research Agent Guide — API docs now include a guide for
    building private research agents on Venice.

  • Reasoning Effort Options — The API now returns which
    reasoning_effort values each supported model accepts.

  • Max Tokens Enforcement — max_tokens is now enforced as the cap for
    the total number of tokens the model generates, including reasoning
    tokens.

  • Context-Grep Tool Access — The context-grep tool was enabled for
    public use where supported.

  • TTS Response Format Selection — The text-to-speech endpoint now
    accepts a response format parameter to specify the output audio format
    per request.

  • Voice Usage Metering — Voice conversation usage tracking switched
    from byte-counting to audio token measurement.

  • Voice Conversation Quotas — Voice conversation quotas are now
    enforced during the session instead of only after usage is processed.

  • Reference Audio URLs — OpenAPI docs now expose
    referenceaudiourls for supported audio-reference workflows.

  • Seedance R2V Audio — Seedance reference-to-video workflows can now
    use reference audio through the public API.

  • Video API Docs — API docs now clarify video Base64 behavior and
    remove misleading asset ID references.

  • Seedance 2.0 Usage Guide — API docs now include a Seedance 2.0
    guide for API users.

  • GPT Image 2 Quality Parameter — GPT Image 2 now supports a quality
    parameter with pricing tied to resolution and quality.

  • Venice Edit Multi-Edit Endpoint — Venice Edit now uses a
    multi-edit endpoint, supporting multiple image edits in a single
    request.

  • Venice Edit Resource — Venice Edit was added as an API-accessible
    image editing resource.

  • Image Edit and Upscale Timeout — Venice image edit and upscale
    requests now support longer processing timeouts.

  • Multipart File Uploads — Added a gRPC file chunk streaming client
    for multipart upload workflows.

  • Scrape Limits — Added limits for scrape API usage to make web
    extraction behavior more predictable.

  • Model Deprecation Fields — New API-only fields on model objects
    indicate deprecation date and replacement model information.

  • Deprecation Warning Headers — API responses now include
    deprecation warning headers for affected models.

  • Deprecated Model Hiding — Models are automatically removed from
    API model listings once their deprecation date is reached.

  • Dynamic Deprecation Table — API docs now generate the model
    deprecation table dynamically.

  • Private Models Download Link — API docs now include a private
    models download link.

  • Gemma 4 31B API Rate Limits — API rate limits were increased for
    google-gemma-4-31b-it

  • Claude API Rate Limits — API rate limits were increased for Claude
    Sonnet 4.6 and Claude Opus 4.6.

  • Grok Imagine V2V Pricing — Fixed duration-based pricing for Grok
    Imagine video-to-video usage.

  • Music Pricing Granularity — Character-based music pricing now uses
    finer 100-character granularity.

  • Burn Read APIs — Added API endpoints for reading token burn data.

  • Payments Endpoint — Added a missing payments endpoint used by
    wallet and subscription flows.

  • Overload Retry Headers — Overloaded image edit requests now return
    429 with Retry-After where supported.

Model Deprecations

  • Qwen 3.5 122B A10B (TEE/E2EE) — Replacement: Qwen 3.6 35B A3B FP8 (TEE/E2EE)

  • Grok Imagine Pro — Replacement: Grok Imagine High Quality.

  • Grok 4.1 Fast — Replacement: Grok 4.3.

  • GLM 5 (TEE/E2EE) — Replacement: GLM 5.1 (TEE/E2EE)

  • Qwen 3 Coder 480B — Replacement: Qwen 3 Coder 480B Turbo.

  • Kimi K2 Thinking — Replacement: Kimi K2.5.

Earlier updates