Vertex AI Release Notes

Feature

The following models are available through Model Garden:

• FunctionGemma
• T5Gemma 2

Feature

Save and share prompts in Vertex AI Studio: The prompt sharing feature no longer needs to be enabled. You can share prompts without asking your administrator to first enable the prompt sharing feature. For more information, see Save and share prompts.

Feature

Cloud API Registry is available in the Google Cloud console in Preview. Use Cloud API Registry in the Google Cloud console to view and manage the MCP servers and tools your agent has access to.

Feature

Gemini 3 Flash is now available in public preview. This model is designed to tackle the most challenging agentic problems with strong coding and state-of-the-art reasoning capabilities, and is our best model for complex multimodal understanding. For more information, see Gemini 3 Flash.

Announcement

Vertex AI Agent Engine and Memory Bank are now Generally Available.

Colab Enterprise

Post-startup scripts

Generally available (GA): You can use a post-startup script to perform tasks after the startup process of your Colab Enterprise runtime. For example, you can use a post-startup script to install specific packages or make specific changes to your runtime's VM. For more information, see Use a post-startup script.

Generative AI on Vertex AI

v1

• Feature
  Cloud API Registry is available in the Google Cloud console in Preview. Use Cloud API Registry in the Google Cloud console to view and manage the MCP servers and tools your agent has access to.

Gemini 3 Flash

Gemini 3 Flash is now available in public preview. This model is designed to tackle the most challenging agentic problems with strong coding and state-of-the-art reasoning capabilities, and is our best model for complex multimodal understanding.
For more information, see Gemini 3 Flash.

Vertex AI Agent Engine

Vertex AI Agent Engine Sessions and Memory Bank are now Generally Available.

Change

Vertex AI Agent Engine is now available in the following regions:

• europe-west6 (Zurich)
• europe-west8 (Milan)
• asia-east2 (Hong Kong)
• asia-northeast3 (Seoul)
• asia-southeast2 (Jakarta)
• northamerica-northeast2 (Toronto)
• southamerica-east1 (São Paulo)

Announcement

Vertex AI Agent Engine Sessions and Memory Bank are now Generally Available.

Change

Updated pricing for Vertex AI Agent Engine:

• Pricing for Vertex AI Agent Engine Runtime was lowered.
• On January 28, 2026, Sessions, Memory Bank, and Code Execution will begin charging for usage.

Change

Vertex AI Agent Engine is now available in the following regions:

• europe-west6 (Zurich)
• europe-west8 (Milan)
• asia-east2 (Hong Kong)
• asia-northeast3 (Seoul)
• asia-southeast2 (Jakarta)
• northamerica-northeast2 (Toronto)
• southamerica-east1 (São Paulo)

Change

Updated pricing for Vertex AI Agent Engine:

• Pricing for Vertex AI Agent Engine Runtime was lowered.
• On January 28, 2026, Sessions, Memory Bank, and Code Execution will begin charging for usage.

Feature

Gemini 2.5 Flash with Gemini Live API Native Audio
Gemini 2.5 Flash with Gemini Live API Native Audio (gemini-live-2.5-flash-native-audio) is Generally Available (GA). This model features cutting-edge native audio functionality for Gemini Live API, including enhanced voice quality and adaptability, Proactive Audio, and Affective Dialog.

Vertex AI Workbench

v2

Feature

• The following features are now generally available (GA):
  • Create new Vertex AI Workbench instances with JupyterLab 4+.
  • Create an instance with managed user credential access.
• Using post-startup scripts for new instances with user credential access is now available in private GA. For information about access to this release, see the access request page. For more information, see Create instances with post-startup scripts.