March 6th, 2026

Venice.ai Change Log - February 26, 2026 - March 6, 2026

GPT-5.4 Suite Now Available

OpenAI's flagship models GPT-5.4 and GPT-5.4 Pro with extended reasoning are now available to all Venice users. Here's everything else we shipped.

New Models

The following models have been added to Venice:

Text Models

  • GPT 5.4 — Latest, most advanced text model from OpenAI. Available to all users.

  • GPT-5.4 Pro — OpenAI's Pro-tier text model with extended reasoning capabilities. Available to all users.

  • Qwen 3.5 35B A3B — Text model from Alibaba Cloud with 35 billion parameters. Now publicly available to all users.

  • GLM 4.6 — Text model from Zhipu AI. Now available via API.

  • GPT-4o — OpenAI's multimodal text model with 128K context window, supporting text, image, and audio inputs. Available to all users.

Image & Video Models

  • Nano Banana 2 — Google’s image generation model with per-unit pricing. Available to all users on a pay-per-use basis

  • LTX 2.3 — Video generation model from Lightricks. Available to all users

App

New Features

  • Video Prompt Auto-Enhance — Video prompts are now automatically enhanced before generation to improve output quality

  • Keyboard Shortcut: Cmd/Ctrl+Enter — Submit prompts using Cmd+Enter (Mac) or Ctrl+Enter (Windows)

  • Session Persistence — Chat sessions are now preserved across page reloads and browser restarts

  • Route-Based Navigation — Navigation now uses URL-based routing, enabling browser back/forward and direct linking

  • Session Selection — Users can now select and switch between active sessions

  • Music Generation Queue Polling — Music generation now polls for completion status asynchronously, showing real-time progress updates

  • Content Violation UI — Improved messaging and presentation when content moderation flags a request

  • Verification Center Header — New header section added to the Verification Center page

  • GIF Export — Export generated content as GIF files

  • Enter Key Submission — Pressing Enter now submits prompts in applicable input fields

  • Logged-In User Redirect — Authenticated users are now automatically redirected away from landing/login pages

  • Randomized Video Feed — Videos in the public feed now display in randomized order

  • Video Gallery — New gallery view for browsing generated videos

  • Video Completion Notification — Users now receive a notification when their video generation finishes

  • Recent Chat Images — Recent images from chat history are now accessible in the conversation view

  • Variant Model Settings — New settings for configuring model parameters when generating variants

  • Venice Banner — New Venice-branded banner added to the interface

  • Music Routing and Confirmation — Music generation now includes inline confirmation before submission and updated routing

Wallet and Payments

  • Billing Interval Toggle — Monthly checkout now includes a toggle to switch between billing intervals.

  • Video Generation Credit Costs — Credit costs are now displayed in the video generator.

  • Monthly Crypto Subscriptions — Users can now subscribe to monthly plans using cryptocurrency.

  • Credit Cost Reminder Modal — A modal now reminds users of credit costs before confirming an action.

Mobile App

  • AI Agent Skills — Agents now support skills, enabling task-specific capabilities inside conversations.

  • Multi-Image Support — Send or attach multiple images in a single message.

  • Voice Input Reliability — Updated speech-to-text handling for the new Expo SDK, including more reliable auto-submit behavior.

  • Android Message Composer — The message input now grows dynamically on Android to avoid typing and layout issues.

  • Context Usage UI — Updated the context usage component and fixed layout issues in the context usage popover.

  • Conversation Rename Dialog — Added a dedicated dialog for renaming conversations.

  • Errored Message Actions — Assistant messages that fail now surface regenerate and delete actions.

  • Token Dashboard Navigation — Added authenticated navigation entry points to the token dashboard.

  • Settings Navigation — Added Settings to the drawer and refreshed parts of the settings UI.

  • Preferred Model Persistence — The model selector now preserves and displays the user's saved model label.

  • Credits and Pricing UI — Refreshed credits iconography, price quote styling, and related status colors.

  • Variant Settings Navigation — Added a back arrow to variant settings bottom sheets.

  • Animated Image Loader — Image generation now shows an animated loading state, with fixes to loader clipping.

  • Image Variant Defaults — Updated default handling when selecting image variants.

  • Media Item Text Layout — Adjusted line height and removed model labels from media item displays.

  • Chat and Search Layout Polish — Refined chat padding and search group header styling.

API

  • Music Generation SDK — Added async queue support for music generation in the API SDK

  • Auto-Mint API Key — API keys are now automatically generated for new accounts

  • API Key Requirement Removed — API key is no longer required for certain operations

  • Max Reasoning Effort — New max_reasoning_effort parameter to control reasoning depth on supported models

  • Background Removal Model — Replaced BEN-2 with Bria RMBG 2.0 for background removal

  • Checkout Session Endpoint — New endpoint for updating an existing checkout session

  • Multi-Image Generation — Added support for generating multiple images in a single API request

  • Free Tier Moderation — Content moderation now applied to free-tier user requests

  • Credit Grant — 1M credits granted to user accounts

  • Dynamic Model Selection — Router now dynamically selects the fastest available model for requests

  • Annual Subscription Pricing — Annual Stripe subscription price changes from $149 to $180, effective March 1, 2026

  • Router Token Limit — Increased the maximum token limit for model router requests

  • Grok 4.1 Fast Pricing — Updated per-token pricing for the grok-4.1-fast model

  • Stablecoin Payments — Added stablecoin as a payment method

  • Music Task Type — Added music as a new task type in the API

Fixes and Improvements

  • Improved tooltips now appear after a short delay instead of instantly on hover

  • Updated memory behavior in temporary chat sessions

  • Improved chat input field now auto-refocuses after sending a message

  • Improved border animation on the music generation progress indicator

  • Improved moved video models to a different category in the model selector

  • Improved video model selector now displays the first 6 models by default

  • Updated multimodal model status indicator rendering for new content types

  • Improved removed video models selection box from the default view

  • Improved upgrade button is no longer shown to users already on a Pro plan

  • Improved interface now resets to edit mode after completing an action

  • Improved mode switching is now disabled while a generation task is in progress

  • Added loading placeholder to reduce layout shift while content loads

  • Improved document upload and parsing speed in Memoria

  • Added back arrow to variant settings sheets for easier navigation

  • Improved adjusted line height and removed model labels from media item text displays

  • Updated error message for insufficient account balance

  • Improved access by removing the credit requirement for usage

  • Improved Phala verification by running it client-side in the browser

  • Improved model capabilities to support multi-modal inputs

  • Improved rendering of model thinking output in the chat interface

  • Improved end-to-end encryption with server key authentication

  • Improved privacy capabilities with end-to-end encryption support

  • Improved end-to-end encryption with enhanced security measures

  • Improved model selector to persist its state across sessions

  • Improved certificate security by adding CRL revocation checking