CriticalCapability
Vertex AI Generative AI v1 Released - New Features and Endpoint Updates
Action Required
Failure to migrate to the new recommended endpoints by the deadline will result in service disruption for applications using the deprecated image and video generation endpoints.
AI Impact Summary
Google is releasing a new version of Vertex AI Generative AI, version 1, on January 23, 2026. This release includes several new features and endpoint updates, such as Virtual Try-On, RAG Cross Corpus Retrieval, Lyria 3, and support for partner models. Notably, several older image and video generation endpoints are being deprecated, requiring users to migrate to the new recommended endpoints by June 30, 2026, to avoid service disruption.
Vertex AI Generative AI v1 Released - New Features and Endpoint Updates
Affected Systems
Vertex AI
- Date
- 23 Jan 2026
- Change type
- capability
- Severity
- critical