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January 28th, 2026

Venice.ai Change Log - December 25th, 2025 - January 27th, 2026

Memoria: Your Private AI Memory

Venice introduces Memoria — a revolutionary local-first memory system that gives Venice the ability to remember context across your conversations while keeping your data completely private.

Unlike cloud-based memory systems, Memoria stores everything directly in your browser using an advanced in-browser vector database powered by FAISS (Fast Library for Approximate Nearest Neighbors). This means:

  • Complete Privacy: Your memories never leave your device — no server storage, ever

  • Intelligent Recall: Venice can reference past conversations, your preferences, documents you have shared, and important context

  • Seamless Experience: Memory works automatically in the background as you chat

  • Full Control: Manage your memory documents in the new Chat Memory tab, toggle extraction on/off, and delete anything at any time

  • Multi-File Upload: Upload multiple documents to Memory at once

Memoria is now enabled by default for all Pro users. Access your memory settings by clicking the memory icon in chat or visiting the Chat Memory tab in settings.

New Models

We have added several powerful new models to the Venice platform:

Text Models

  • Kimi K2.5 — Powerful reasoning model from Moonshot AI with excellent multi-turn conversation capabilities, now available to all users

  • Claude Sonnet 4.5 — Anthropic's newest balanced model, available to all users

  • Qwen 3 VL 235B — Advanced vision-language model with 235 billion parameters (Pro users)

  • Gemini 3 Flash Preview — Google's latest fast inference model, available to all users

  • GPT-5.2 Codex — OpenAI's latest coding-focused model (API-only)

Video Models

  • LTX V2 — New video generation models with improved quality (all 4 variants available)

  • Wan 2.6 Flash — Fast image-to-video generation

Image Models

  • ImagineArt 1.5 Pro — High-quality image generation with excellent prompt adherence

  • Flux 2 Max — Black Forest Labs' flagship model with exceptional photorealism and detail

  • GPT Image 1.5 — OpenAI's advanced image generation with improved text rendering

Model Upgrades

  • Veo 3.1 — Now supports 4K resolution output

  • Qwen-Edit — Now the default image editing model with improved multi-edit support

  • Nano Banana Pro — Now supports 1K, 2K, and 4K resolutions

App

New Features:

  • Background Removal — Remove backgrounds from any image with one click (Pro users)

  • New Edit Image Models – Now supporting Nano Banana Pro, GPT Image 1.5, Flux 2 Max, Seedream 4.5, and Qwen-Edit

  • Combine Images — Merge multiple images together with AI-powered blending, with model selection dropdown

  • Transparency Indicator — Checkered background shows transparent areas in images

  • Character Selfie Mode — Generate images of your custom characters (Pro users)

  • Vision Routing — Vision requests now route to Qwen3 VL 235B in the background

  • Character Visualization Button — Quick access to visualize characters

  • Import Character Conversations — Bring your character chat history into Venice

  • Audio Input for Video — Add audio tracks when generating videos (for supported models)

  • Venice Voice Pause — Pause and resume text-to-speech playback

  • Web Scrape Toggle — Control URL scraping behavior in Auto mode with smarter URL accessibility checking

  • Video Completion Notifications — Browser notifications when your video generation finishes

  • Drag-and-Drop Visual Feedback — Clear overlay when dragging files into chat

  • Download As Menu — Choose your preferred format when downloading images

  • Announcement Toasts — New toast notifications for feature updates

  • Past-Due Subscription Visibility — Users can now see and manage past-due subscription status

  • Tooltip for Disabled Input — Clear messaging when chat input is disabled and why

  • Video Duration Detection — System detects and displays video duration before processing

  • Highlight to Chat — Select assistant message content and add it directly to chat input

  • Search Provider Switching — Switch between Brave and Google for web search

  • Video Start/End Frame — New UI for video transition models

  • Auto Prompt Enhancer — Now available in regular image mode, not just simple mode

  • Edit Variations — Select 1-4 variations in the edit (inpaint) modal

  • Model Variant Tooltip — Tooltip shows which model is selected in variant selector

  • Streaming Indicator — Visual … indicator when waiting for LLM chunks

  • Social Feed Improvements —  Beautiful new grid layout for browsing community creations

    • Video Autoplay — Videos now autoplay as you scroll through the Social Feed

    • Video Thumbnails — Preview videos directly in the Social Feed before clicking

    • 2-Column Mobile Grid — Better layout for browsing the feed on mobile devices

Wallet and Payments:

  • Instant Crypto Payments — Crypto payments now credit instantly to your account

  • Wallet Connect Upgrade — Upgraded to latest WalletConnect packages for more seamless sign-in

  • Crypto to Credit Card Switch — Crypto subscribers can now switch to credit card billing

  • Auto Top-up — Automatically add credits when your balance is low (Pro users)

  • Stripe Graceful Degradation — UI gracefully handles when browser blocks Stripe

Performance:

  • Sidebar virtualization for faster performance with many conversations

  • Improved streaming with pause button and visual feedback

  • Context filtering optimization for better KV cache hit rates

  • Removed artificial 2.2 second loading wait time

  • Improved API page mobile responsiveness

  • Cached input tokens now used in web app inference

  • Next.js 16 upgrade — builds reduced from 4.5 to 2.5 minutes

Mobile App

  • Venice Voice — New text-to-speech functionality that adapts to your language

  • Native Markdown Renderer — Better text formatting throughout the app

  • Conversations Grouped by Date — Chat history organized chronologically for easier browsing

  • Image-to-Video — Turn any image into a video directly from mobile with improved flow

  • New Settings Screen — Redesigned settings with better organization

  • Image Picker for Combine — Add images to combine directly from your library

  • Token Usage Tracking — See your token usage during conversations

  • Rate Limit Notice — Clear messaging when you hit rate limits

  • iOS Share Extension — Share images directly to Venice.ai from your iOS photo library

  • Improved Model Selection UI — New model badges and improved selection interface

  • Empty State Improvements — Better handling with keyboard dismissal

  • Android APK 1.8.0 — New version available for direct install

API

  • New API Dashboard — Track your usage by model and API key with detailed breakdowns

  • Nano Banana Pro Resolutions — Now supports 2K and 4K resolutions via API

  • SST Endpoint — Speech-to-text endpoint now available for API users

  • New Model API Fields — Added privacy, description, betaModel, and deprecation.date to models endpoint

  • API Key Prefixes — Keys now prefixed with VENICE-ADMIN-KEY- or VENICE-INFERENCE-KEY- to distinguish types

  • API Key Editing — Support for editing existing API keys

  • Cache Token Pricing — Optimized pricing for GLM 4.7 and models with input caching

  • Claude Cache Write Tokens — Charged at 1.25x input rate

  • Search/Scrape Pricing — Flattened to $10/k for all models

  • Video Rate Limits — Updated to 40 RPM for API with tier-based limits for UI

  • Developer Role Support — Added "developer" role in chat completions schema for GPT-5.2 Codex compatibility

  • Video Start/End Frame — Support for video transition models via API

  • Insight Extraction API — New endpoint for extracting insights

  • Model Suggestions on Error — When a model is not found, similar available models are suggested

Fixes

Wallet & Payments:

  • Fixed wallet QR code scanning issues for Base Wallet and Coinbase Wallet

  • Fixed WalletConnect signing errors

  • Fixed missing fonts in WalletConnect modal

  • Improved wallet disconnect consistency

  • Fixed duplicate auto top-up charges

  • Fixed Pro user chat rate limit bypass

Browser Compatibility:

  • Fixed Safari CodeMirror compatibility issues

  • Fixed ad-blocker handling for Stripe payments

  • Fixed Chrome Chromebook typing issues

Image & Video:

  • Fixed image variant preservation during editing

  • Fixed image EXIF preservation when downloading

  • Fixed character chat model selection errors

  • Fixed video upload error handling

  • Fixed photo viewer layering issues

  • Fixed duplicate share button appearing

  • Fixed multi-image switching bug

  • Fixed inpaint variations button visibility

  • Fixed video credits not showing

  • Fixed invalid stored video settings reset

  • Fixed image dimension validation in InpaintingModal

Chat & UI:

  • Fixed mobile tooltip display issues

  • Fixed LaTeX rendering (math expressions like 2^2=4 with citations, double ^^ issues)

  • Fixed streaming empty response when reasoning disabled

  • Fixed chat messages with line breaks displaying as single line

  • Fixed prompt input not clearing after submission

  • Fixed "The selected model is temporarily offline" error display

  • Fixed hidden close button in video summary

  • Fixed divider reasoning spacing

  • Fixed text color (text.muted to text.subtle)

  • Fixed hover tabs causing premature close in model selector

  • Fixed action panel delay and click behavior

  • Fixed share conversation for character chats

  • Fixed privacy warning flashing and checkbox color

  • Fixed chat input when video generation active

  • Fixed new chat button not working

  • Fixed chat history shared among different chats

  • Fixed enhance message undefined check

Data & Backend:

  • Fixed database connection errors

  • Fixed network timeout handling

  • Fixed tag injection for Deepseek 3.2 and Kimi K2

  • Fixed billing history transaction time (+5 min offset)

  • Fixed Claude assistant message error with tool_calls

  • Fixed video quote requirements/schema

  • Fixed prompt enhance V3 rewriting issues

  • Fixed model router back to Venice Uncensored for proper routing

  • Replaced keyv-upstash with @keyv/redis for cache-utils

User Experience:

  • Fixed download as image format

  • Fixed overflow/viewport height issues (using dvh)

  • Fixed default settings route

  • Fixed public character cache on moderation

  • Fixed burn chart data

  • Updated burn history with etherscan and historical fiat prices

  • Padded burn history to show minimum 12 months

  • Removed exclamation marks on welcome modal

  • Updated model selector hover state handling

  • Added search icon while searching

  • Added missing featured flag for public characters

  • Added temporary badge to temporary character chats

  • Improved batch deletion UX