Amazon Q Developer in console is now the AWS assistant
Amazon Q Developer in the AWS Management Console has been renamed to the AWS assistant. The service retains its existing functionality and Pro Tier capabilities.
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Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash
Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash is now generally available, offering omni-modal processing for text, image, and video. New features include standalone video upscaling, extended generation durations, and reference-guided video editing.
Use GPT-6-Cyber to investigate vulnerabilities, reproduce them in an authorized test environment, and verify
OpenAI has released GPT-6-Cyber, a model designed to investigate vulnerabilities, reproduce them in authorized environments, and verify fixes.
Gemini Enterprise: Prepaid credits for Pay-as-you-go subscriptions and usage above quota
Prepaid credits are now generally available for self-serve Cloud Billing accounts, allowing users to pay for Gemini Enterprise usage without an invoiced billing account.
The BigQuery Metadata curation console page has been removed
The BigQuery Metadata curation console page has been deprecated. Users should now use Knowledge Catalog for data discovery, profiling, and governance tasks.
Conversational analytics in BigQuery is now available in the asia-northeast1 (Tokyo) location
Conversational analytics in BigQuery is now supported in the asia-northeast1 (Tokyo) region.
New pull request overview page in public preview
GitHub introduced an opt-in overview page for pull requests that displays merge status and next actions in a compact summary at the top of the page. This feature aims to reduce scrolling and clarify the state of pull requests.
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Haiku 5.5 now available on Kiro in AWS GovCloud (US)
A new Anthropic model is now available in the Kiro IDE and CLI for the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. With Haiku 5.5, all three Claude 5.5 models are now available in Kiro in AWS GovCloud (US). Claude Haiku 5.5 is the fastest model in the Claude 5.5 family.
Web Search now available on Kiro in AWS GovCloud (US)
Kiro web search is now available in AWS GovCloud (US), providing agents with real-time access to internet information with citations.
Anthropic Claude Sonnet 5.5 and Claude Opus 5.5 are now available on Kiro in AWS GovCloud (US)
Two new Anthropic models are now available in the Kiro IDE and CLI for the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. Claude Opus 5.5 is Anthropic's most capable Opus model yet and a step up from Opus 5 on long-running agentic coding work.
Amazon Q Developer now delivers enhanced visualizations in the AWS Management Console
Today, AWS announces enhanced visualization for Amazon Q Developer in the AWS Management Console. Amazon Q now reasons across hundreds of AWS APIs to answer complex questions and deliver complete answers about your entire account, across all regions and services.
Analyze your CloudTrail events using natural language in Amazon Q Console
AWS CloudTrail, a service that records API activity across your AWS account for security auditing, compliance, and operational troubleshooting, now integrates with Amazon Q Console to help you investigate your AWS account activity using natural language.