Changelog | February 26 - March 6, 2026

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Venice.ai Change Log - February 26, 2026 - March 6, 2026
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GPT-5.4 Suite Now Available

OpenAI's flagship models GPT-5.4 and GPT-5.4 Pro with extended reasoning are now available to all Venice users. Here's everything else we shipped.

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New Models

The following models have been added to Venice:

Text Models

• GPT 5.4 — Latest, most advanced text model from OpenAI. Available to all users.
• GPT-5.4 Pro — OpenAI's Pro-tier text model with extended reasoning capabilities. Available to all users.
• Qwen 3.5 35B A3B — Text model from Alibaba Cloud with 35 billion parameters. Now publicly available to all users.
• GLM 4.6 — Text model from Zhipu AI. Now available via API.
• GPT-4o — OpenAI's multimodal text model with 128K context window, supporting text, image, and audio inputs. Available to all users.

Image & Video Models

• Nano Banana 2 — Google’s image generation model with per-unit pricing. Available to all users on a pay-per-use basis
• LTX 2.3 — Video generation model from Lightricks. Available to all users

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App

New Features

• Video Prompt Auto-Enhance — Video prompts are now automatically enhanced before generation to improve output quality
• Keyboard Shortcut: Cmd/Ctrl+Enter — Submit prompts using Cmd+Enter (Mac) or Ctrl+Enter (Windows)
• Session Persistence — Chat sessions are now preserved across page reloads and browser restarts
• Route-Based Navigation — Navigation now uses URL-based routing, enabling browser back/forward and direct linking
• Session Selection — Users can now select and switch between active sessions
• Claw Agents Rebrand — Agent UI rebranded to "Claw Agents" with updated naming throughout the interface
• Music Generation Queue Polling — Music generation now polls for completion status asynchronously, showing real-time progress updates
• Content Violation UI — Improved messaging and presentation when content moderation flags a request
• Homescreen Claw Counter — New counter on the homescreen displaying available Claw agent credits
• Verification Center Header — New header section added to the Verification Center page
• GIF Export — Export generated content as GIF files
• Enter Key Submission — Pressing Enter now submits prompts in applicable input fields
• Logged-In User Redirect — Authenticated users are now automatically redirected away from landing/login pages
• Randomized Video Feed — Videos in the public feed now display in randomized order
• Video Gallery — New gallery view for browsing generated videos
• Video Completion Notification — Users now receive a notification when their video generation finishes
• Recent Chat Images — Recent images from chat history are now accessible in the conversation view
• Variant Model Settings — New settings for configuring model parameters when generating variants
• Venice Banner — New Venice-branded banner added to the interface
• Music Routing and Confirmation — Music generation now includes inline confirmation before submission and updated routing

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Wallet and Payments

• Billing Interval Toggle — Monthly checkout now includes a toggle to switch between billing intervals.
• Video Generation Credit Costs — Credit costs are now displayed in the video generator.
• Annual Subscription Price Update — Annual subscription price changed from $49 to $80 as of March 1st, 2026.
• Monthly Crypto Subscriptions — Users can now subscribe to monthly plans using cryptocurrency.
• Credit Cost Reminder Modal — A modal now reminds users of credit costs before confirming an action.

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Mobile Web

• Mobile Download Button — Added a download button next to the share button on mobile web.

Mobile App

• AI Agent Skills — AI agents now support skills, enabling task-specific capabilities within the mobile app
• Multi-Image Support — Upload or attach multiple images in a single message
• Animated Image Loader — Image generation now displays an animated loading indicator while processing

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API

• Music Generation SDK — Added async queue support for music generation in the API SDK
• Auto-Mint API Key — API keys are now automatically generated for new accounts
• API Key Requirement Removed — API key is no longer required for certain operations
• Max Reasoning Effort — New max_reasoning_effort parameter to control reasoning depth on supported models
• Background Removal Model — Replaced BEN-2 with Bria RMBG 2.0 for background removal
• Checkout Session Endpoint — New endpoint for updating an existing checkout session
• Multi-Image Generation — Added support for generating multiple images in a single API request
• Free Tier Moderation — Content moderation now applied to free-tier user requests
• Credit Grant — 1M credits granted to user accounts
• Dynamic Model Selection — Router now dynamically selects the fastest available model for requests
• Annual Subscription Pricing — Annual Stripe subscription price changes from $49 to $80, effective March 1, 2026
• Router Token Limit — Increased the maximum token limit for model router requests
• Grok 4.1 Fast Pricing — Updated per-token pricing for the grok-4.1-fast model
• Stablecoin Payments — Added stablecoin as a payment method
• Music Task Type — Added music as a new task type in the API

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Fixes and Improvements

• Improved tooltips now appear after a short delay instead of instantly on hover

• Updated memory behavior in temporary chat sessions

• Improved chat input field now auto-refocuses after sending a message

• Improved border animation on the music generation progress indicator

• Improved moved video models to a different category in the model selector

• Improved video model selector now displays the first 6 models by default

• Updated multimodal model status indicator rendering for new content types

• Improved removed video models selection box from the default view

• Improved upgrade button is no longer shown to users already on a Pro plan

• Improved interface now resets to edit mode after completing an action

• Improved mode switching is now disabled while a generation task is in progress

• Added loading placeholder to reduce layout shift while content loads

• Improved document upload and parsing speed in Memoria

• Added back arrow to variant settings sheets for easier navigation

• Improved adjusted line height and removed model labels from media item text displays

• Updated error message for insufficient account balance

• Improved access by removing the credit requirement for usage

• Improved Phala verification by running it client-side in the browser

• Improved model capabilities to support multi-modal inputs

• Improved rendering of model thinking output in the chat interface

• Improved end-to-end encryption with server key authentication

• Improved privacy capabilities with end-to-end encryption support

• Improved end-to-end encryption with enhanced security measures

• Improved model selector to persist its state across sessions

• Improved certificate security by adding CRL revocation checking