New Models

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Image & Video Models

Audio Models

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.