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Venice

Changelog

December 2025

Models

18 changes

Text models7

  • Claude Opus 4.5

    Added the new Claude Opus 4.5 model.

    All usersAnonymous
  • Deepseek 3.2

    Launched Deepseek 3.2 as a live PRO model with API support and reasoning enabled.

    Pro users
  • Gemini 3 Pro Preview

    Added Gemini 3 Pro Preview as a new Pay Per Use model.

    All users
  • GPT-5.2

    Added the new GPT-5.2 model.

    All usersAnonymous
  • Grok 4.1 Fast

    Added Grok 4.1 Fast with reasoning and vision for all users and the API.

    All users
  • Kimi K2

    Added Kimi K2 as a new Pay Per Use model.

    All users

Image models4

  • GPT-Image-1.5

    Made GPT-Image-1.5 live for alpha users.

    BetaAnonymous
  • Nano Banana Pro

    Promoted nano banana pro to the beta API.

    All users
  • Nano Banana Pro

    Increased the price of Nano Banana Pro.

    All users
  • Seedream

    Upgraded Seedream to version 4.5.

    All users

Video models3

  • Kling 2.6

    Launched Kling 2.6 publicly.

    All users
  • Longcat video models

    Added the new Longcat video models.

    All users
  • LTX 2 Video

    Launched the new LTX 2 Video model.

    All users

Deprecated4

  • Qwen235B
  • DeepSeek R1 (beta)
  • Devstral 2
  • Kandinsky 5

Features

22 changes

Chat3

  • Estimated pricing display

    Added estimated pricing display for Pay Per Use LLM models in the model selector.

  • System-prompt token calculation

    Improved system-prompt token calculation for more accurate usage reporting.

  • Auto model visibility

    The 'Auto' model is now hidden from the model switcher when you are in the video category.

Image, video and audio3

  • Drag-and-drop upload

    Added drag-and-drop image upload functionality to the edit, combine, and upscale modals.

  • Image details info

    Added resolution and websearch information to the image details view.

  • Resolution selection

    Added resolution selection to the NanoBananaPro model.

Library and media1

  • Feature characters

    Added a way to feature characters and updated the default sort on the public characters page to 'Featured'.

Wallet and payments1

  • Locked label tooltip

    Added a tooltip to the locked label on the token dashboard for better clarity.

General12

  • Burn section

    Added a new 'burn' section to the token page.

  • Copy button for tables

    Added a copy button for markdown tables.

  • Moderated posts visibility

    Moderated posts now appear at the top of the Social Feed for visibility.

  • Mute users in Social Feed

    Added the ability to mute users directly in the Social Feed.

  • Support Bot feedback

    Added feedback buttons to the Support Bot responses.

  • Support bot message

    Added a message to the Support bot for non-Venice related questions.

Mobile app2

  • Credit purchase redirect

    Mobile credit purchases now redirect back to the native app after completion.

  • New languages

    Added 3 new languages (using Google Translate for now).

API

13 changes
  • Anthropic tool configurations

    Added support for Anthropic-format tool configurations and the tool_use/tool_result message format.

  • Cache token tracking

    Added cache token tracking and discounted billing for models that support context caching, including Anthropic models.

  • prompt_cache_key

    Added support for prompt_cache_key in the LLM schema to improve cache hits.

  • reasoning_effort parameter

    Added support for the reasoning_effort parameter.

  • reasoning_details blocks

    Preserved reasoning_details blocks for advanced tool calling and reasoning.

  • Audio and video file analysis

    Added support for analysing audio and video files for Gemini 3 Pro/Flash and other compatible models.

Fixes

22 changes
  • Conversation type switch

    Fixed a bug where upscaling or enhancing an image at 1x would switch the conversation type to 'image'. The conversation type now remains consistent.

    Chat
  • Image aspect ratio

    Fixed image aspect ratio issue in multimodal chats.

    Chat
  • Multimodal regen

    Fixed a bug in multimodal regen.

    Chat
  • Reasoning tag display

    Fixed incorrect display of the 'Reasoning' tag in text details.

    Chat
  • Aspect ratio in selfie mode

    Fixed aspect ratio issues in selfie mode and the image loader.

    Studio
  • FAL image pricing

    Fixed FAL image model pricing.

    Studio

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