Vertex AI Generative AI Updates: New Models & Deprecations
Action Required
Failure to migrate to the recommended endpoints by the deadline will result in a disruption of image and video generation services within Vertex AI.
AI Impact Summary
This announcement details updates to Vertex AI Generative AI, including the availability of new models like Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite and Lyria 3, along with updates to existing features like RAG Cross Corpus Retrieval and Veo 3.1 Lite. Crucially, it also highlights the deprecation of several image and video generation endpoints, requiring users to migrate to newer endpoints by June 30, 2026, to avoid service disruption. This impacts developers utilizing the image and video generation capabilities of Vertex AI.
Affected Systems
- Date
- 30 Sept 2025
- Change type
- capability
- Severity
- high