Google Vertex AI Generative AI Release - New Models & Deprecations
Action Required
Developers using Vertex AI for content generation and retrieval must migrate to the new supported models before June 30, 2026, to avoid service disruptions and ensure continued functionality.
AI Impact Summary
Google is announcing a new release of Vertex AI Generative AI, introducing several new features and model updates. This includes Anthropic's Claude Haiku 4.5, Veo video generation, and support for Gemma 4 26B A4B IT. Furthermore, there are deprecations of existing image and video generation endpoints, requiring migration to newer models by June 30, 2026, to avoid service disruption. This update impacts developers utilizing Vertex AI for content generation and retrieval tasks.
Affected Systems
- Date
- 15 Oct 2025
- Change type
- capability
- Severity
- high