HighCapability
Vertex AI Generative AI Update - New Features & Endpoint Deprecations (Jan 13, 2026)
Action Required
Developers using the deprecated image and video generation endpoints will experience service disruption if they do not migrate to the recommended replacements before June 30, 2026.
AI Impact Summary
Google is releasing a significant update to Vertex AI Generative AI on January 13, 2026, introducing several new capabilities including Veo 3.1, RAG Cross Corpus Retrieval, and support for the Gemma 4 26B A4B IT model. Furthermore, several existing endpoints are being deprecated, requiring users to migrate to newer models like Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite and Veo 3.1 to avoid service disruption. This update represents a substantial evolution of the platform, impacting developers utilizing RAG and multimodal models.
Vertex AI Generative AI Update - New Features & Endpoint Deprecations (Jan 13, 2026)
Affected Systems
Vertex AI
- Date
- 13 Jan 2026
- Change type
- capability
- Severity
- high