December 16, 2025

AI Impact Summary

Generative AI on Vertex AI v1 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. For more information, see Pricing . Change Vertex AI Agent Engine 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) For more information, see Vertex AI Agent Builder locations . Change Virtual Try-On Our Virtual Try-On model, virtual-try-on-preview-08-04 , is improved. Latency is significantly reduced and quality is improved for shoes, body shape preservation, and product fidelity. Vertex AI Agent Builder 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. For more information, see Pricing . Change Vertex AI Agent Engine 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) For more information, see Vertex AI Agent Builder locations .