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# Release Notes

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## Entries

- [Release Notes](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog.md)
- [Announcing Cohere's Embed 5 Models](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/embed-v5.md): Release announcement for Embed 5 Pro and Embed 5 Fast, Cohere's most powerful family of embeddings models for enterprise search and retrieval.
- [Announcing Cohere's North Small Translate](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/north-small-translate-1-0.md): This announcement covers the release of North Small Translate, Cohere's open-weights machine translation model.
- [Meet Cohere Parse](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/parse.md): This announcement covers the release of Cohere Parse, Cohere's document parsing model for visual understanding and document intelligence workflows.
- [Meet Cohere Transcribe Arabic](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/transcribe-arabic.md): This announcement covers the release of Cohere Transcribe Arabic, Cohere's specialist speech recognition model for transcribing Arabic audio.
- [Announcing Cohere's North Mini Code](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/north-mini-code-1-0.md): This announcement covers the release of North Mini Code, Cohere's first open-source agentic coding model.
- [Announcing Cohere's Command A+](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/command-a-plus-05-2026.md): This announcement covers the release of Command A+, Cohere's last model in the Command A family.
- [Retirement of Embed v2.0 and Aya Expanse / Vision 8B](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/2026-04-04-embed-v2-aya-8b-retirement.md): Effective April 4, 2026, five models are no longer available on the Cohere API. Migrate to Embed v3/v4 and Command or Aya 32B alternatives.
- [Announcing the Cohere Transcribe model](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/cohere-transcribe-03-2026.md): This announcement covers the release of Cohere Transcribe, Cohere's first transcription model.
- [Cohere's Rerank v4.0 Model is Here!](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/rerank-v4.0.md): Release announcment for Rerank 4.0 - our new state of the art model for ranking.
- [Announcing Major Command Deprecations](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/2025-09-15-major-command-deprecations.md): This announcement covers a series of major deprecations, including of classic Command models, several parameters, and entire endpoints.
- [Announcing Cohere's Command A Translate Model](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/2025-08-28-command-a-translate.md): This announcement covers the release of Command A Translate, Cohere's most powerful translation model.
- [Announcing Cohere's Command A Reasoning Model](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/2025-08-21-command-a-reasoning.md): This announcement covers the release of Command A Reasoning, Cohere's first model able to engage in thinking and reasoning.
- [Announcing Cohere's Command A Vision Model](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/2025-07-31-command-a-vision.md): This announcement covers the release of Command A Vision, Cohere's first model able to understand and interpret image inputs.
- [Announcing Cutting-Edge Cohere Models on OCI](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/2025-05-14-oci-models-release-notes.md): This announcement covers the release of Command A, Rerank v3.5, and Embed v3.0 multimodal on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure's platform.
- [Announcing Embed Multimodal v4](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/embed-multimodal-v4.md): Release of Embed Multimodal v4, a performant search model, with Matryoshka embeddings and a 128k context length.
- [Announcing Command A](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/command-a.md): Release of Command A, a performant model suited for tool use, RAG, agents, and multilingual uses, with 111 billion parameters and a 256k context length.
- [Our Groundbreaking Multimodal Model, Aya Vision, is Here!](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/aya-vision-announcement.md): Release announcement for the new multimodal Aya Vision model 
- [Cohere Releases Arabic-Optimized Command Model!](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/command-r7b-arabic.md): Release announcement for the Command R7B Arabic model
- [Cohere via OpenAI SDK Using Compatibility API](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/compatibility-api.md): With the Compatibility API, you can use Cohere models via the OpenAI SDK without major refactoring.
- [Cohere's Rerank v3.5 Model is on Azure AI Foundry!](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/rerank-v3.5-on-azure.md): Release announcement for the ability to work with Cohere Rerank v3.5 models in the Azure's AI Foundry.
- [Deprecation of Classify via default Embed Models](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/classify-default-model-deprecation.md): Usage of Classify endpoint via the default Embed models is now deprecated. Usage of Classify endpoint via a fine-tuned Embed model is not affected.
- [Cohere's Multimodal Embedding Models are on Bedrock!](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/multimodal-models-on-bedrock.md): Release announcement for the ability to work with multimodal image models on the Amazon Bedrock platform.
- [Aya Expanse is Available on WhatsApp!](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/aya-expanse-on-whatsapp.md): Release announcement for the ability to chat with Aya Expanse on WhatsApp
- [Announcing Command R7b](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/command-r-7b.md): Release announcment for Command R 7B - our fastest, lightest, and last Command R model.
- [Announcing Rerank-v3.5](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/rerank-v3.5.md): Release announcment for Rerank 3.5 - our new state of the art model for ranking.
- [Structured Outputs support for tool use](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/structured-outputs-tools.md): Structured Outputs now supports both JSON and tool use scenarios.
- [Embed v3.0 Models are now Multimodal](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/embed-v3-is-multimodal.md): Launch of multimodal embeddings for our Embed models, plus some code to help get started.
- [Fine-Tuning Now Available for Command R 08-2024](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/commandr-082024-ft.md): Launch of fine-tuning for Command R 08-2024 and other new fine-tuning features.
- [New Embed, Rerank, Chat, and Classify APIs](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/v2-api-release.md): Introducing improvements to our Chat, Classify, Embed, and Rerank APIs in a major version upgrade, making it easier and faster to build with Cohere.
- [Command models get an August refresh](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/command-gets-refreshed.md): We're excited to announce updates to our Command R and R+ models, offering improved performance, new features, and more.
- [Force JSON object response format](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/force-json-object-response-format.md): Generate outputs in JSON objects with the new 'response_format' parameter, now available with the 'command-nightly' model.
- [Release Notes for June 10th 2024](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/release-notes-for-june-10th-2024.md): Get started with multi-step tool use, explore new docs, and learn about billing changes in Cohere's Chat API.
- [Advanced Retrieval Launch release](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/advanced-retrieval-launch.md): Rerank 3 offers improved performance and inference speed for long and short documents with a context length of 4096.
- [Cohere Python SDK v5.2.0 release](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/python-sdk-v520-release.md): Stay up to date with our Python SDK update, including local tokenizer defaults and new required fields.
- [Command R: Retrieval-Augmented Generation at Scale](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/command-r-retrieval-augmented-generation-at-production-scale.md): Command R: Retrieval Augmented Generation at scale.
- [Fine-tuning has been added to the Python SDK](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/fine-tuning-has-been-added-to-the-python-sdk.md): Stay up-to-date with Cohere's Python SDK by checking out the new `fine_tuning` feature and its functions.
- [Cohere Python SDK v5.0.0 release](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/python-sdk-v500.md): Stay up-to-date with our latest Python SDK release and learn about deprecated functions and migration instructions.
- [Release Notes January 22, 2024](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/release-notes-january-x-2024.md): Discover new AI capabilities with Cohere's latest features, including improved fine-tuning, Embed Jobs API, and multi-language SDK support.
- [Release Notes September 29th 2023](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/release-notes-september-29th-2023.md): Experience the future of generative AI with co.chat() and explore the power of retrieval-augmented generation for grounded and timely outputs.
- [Release Notes August 8th 2023 (Changelog)](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/release-notes-august-4th-2023.md): Unlock improved reasoning and conversation with Command R+, now featuring Okta OIDC support and an enhanced finetuning SDK.
- [Release Notes June 28th 2023 (Changelog)](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/release-notes-june-28th-2023.md): The latest Command model update brings enhanced code, conversation, and reasoning, along with new API features and usage/billing improvements.
- [New Maximum Number of Input Documents for Rerank](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/new-maximum-document-length-for-rerank.md): Stay up to date with our latest changes to co.rerank, now with an improved maximum document limit.
- [Cohere Model Names Are Changing!](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/model-names-are-changing.md): We've updated our model names for simplicity and consistency, and old names will work for now.
- [Multilingual Support for Co.classify](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/multilingual-support-for-coclassify.md): The co.classify endpoint now supports multilingual capabilities with the new multilingual-22-12 model.
- [Command Model Nightly Available!](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/command-model-nightly-available.md): Get improved performance with our new nightly versions of Command models, now available in medium and x-large sizes.
- [Multilingual Text Model + Language Detection](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/multilingual-text-understanding-model-language-detection.md): Cohere's multilingual model now supports semantic search across 100 languages with a single index.
- [Model Sizing Update + Improvements](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/model-sizing-update-improvements.md): We're updating our generative AI models to offer improved Medium and X-Large options.
- [Current Model Upgrades + New Command Beta Model](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/improvements-to-current-models-new-beta-model-command.md): Introducing new and improved Medium and XLarge models, plus a Command model for precise responses to commands.
- [New Look For Cohere Documentation!](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/new-look-for-docs.md): Explore our updated docs with interactive tutorials, improved info architecture, and a UI refresh for a streamlined experience.
- [Co.classify uses Representational model embeddings](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/coclassify-powered-by-our-representational-model-embeddings.md): Improve few-shot classification with Co.classify and embeddings from our Representational model.
- [Pricing Update and New Dashboard UI](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/pricing-update-and-new-dashboard-ui.md): Unlock new features, including production keys, flat-rate pricing, improved UI, and enhanced team collaboration and model insights.
- [Introducing Moderate Tool (Beta)!](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/introducing-moderate-beta.md): Access cutting-edge natural language processing tools without the need for costly supercomputing power.
- [The `model` Parameter Becomes Optional.](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/model-parameter-now-optional.md): Our APIs are now model-agnostic with default endpoint settings, offering greater flexibility and control for users.
- [New & Improved Generation and Representation Models](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/new-improved-generation-and-representation-models.md): Enhance your text generation and representation with improved models, now offering better context support and optimal performance.
- [New and Improved Extremely Large Model!](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/new-extremely-large-model.md): We're thrilled to introduce our enhanced `xlarge` model, now with superior generation quality and speed.
- [Introducing Classification Endpoint](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/classification-endpoint.md): Classify text with Cohere's new classification endpoint, powered by generation models, offering few-shot learning.
- [Extremely Large (Beta) Release](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/extremely-large-beta-release.md): Take your NLP tasks further with our new top-tier model, Extremely Large (Beta), now available.
- [Larger Cohere Representation Models](https://docs.cohere.com/changelog/larger-representation-models.md): New Representation Model sizes and an increased token limit offer improved performance and flexibility.