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gemini Gemini Python SDK Releases · · 2.9.0

Python Gemini API Client Updates to v2.9.0-rc0

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The Python Gemini API client has released version 2.9.0-rc0, featuring a complete replacement of its interactions implementation with an unchanged public API surface. New features include support for Gemma local tokenizers and exposure of Computer Use API fields. This release also addresses several bugs, including compatibility issues with aiohttp and handling of API keys in websocket URLs.

  • →Add ServiceTier to UsageMetadata
  • →Expose Computer Use API fields
  • →Gemma 4 local tokenizer support
  • →Add presence_penalty, frequency_penalty, and cached_content to models.proto
  • →Rename usage to total_usage in StreamMetadata
Features (5) ›
  • Add ServiceTier to UsageMetadata
    45b4963
  • Expose Computer Use API fields
    420b5a7
  • Gemma 4 local tokenizer support
    ca97c58
  • interaction-api Add presence_penalty, frequency_penalty, and cached_content to models.proto
    05f16fe
  • interaction-api Rename usage to total_usage in StreamMetadata
    7c331c6
Fixes (5) ›

  • Add fallback for aiohttp.readline without max_line_length for backward compatibility because we still want to keep aiohttp as optional dependency , closes #2487

    e99ab99
  • Fix header
    f8f9749
  • Keep live music API keys out of websocket urls
    #2564c754ebf
  • Make transformers an optional dependency for local tokenizers, also add other dependencies to local-tokenizer-extras
    528926b
  • Use .model_copy() instead of deprecated .copy()
    216369f
Maintenance (3) ›
  • Announce Automatic Function Calling (AFC) upcoming breaking change warning
    4697258

  • Clarify Live API START/END_SENSITIVITY_HIGH/LOW defaults are different in Gemini Live and Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform Live API , closes #2555

    a0ec6ab
  • Regenerate docs for 2.8.0
    93e7ab1
Read the original announcement →

https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/releases/tag/v2.9.0-rc0

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