AI Hypercomputer
Feature
Generally available: You can enable node health prediction in an AI-optimized GKE cluster to help the cluster avoid scheduling workloads on nodes that are likely to degrade within the next five hours. This approach helps minimize interruptions for critical and interruption-sensitive workloads, such as large-scale training. For more information, see Enable node health prediction in a GKE cluster.
Apigee API hub
Changed
Actions tab changes
The Actions tab previously located in the API hub > Settings page is now removed, accounting for the following UI changes:
- You can now find and configure add-on services like Specification Linter and Semantic Search under the new unified Add-on Management page, alongside other API hub add-ons.
- The deprovisioning function is now moved to a dedicated top-level tab called Deprovision.
Feature
New add-on management page in API hub
A new Add-on Management page is now available in API hub. This page serves as a centralized location to enable, configure, and manage all your add-on services.
For more information, see Manage add-ons.
Capacity Planner
Changed
The Google Cloud console has been changed as follows:
An Overview page for Capacity Planner has been added. You can use the Overview page to view data that summarizes the overall resource usage for a project, folder, or organization, including potential action items and the regional distribution of your resources.
The data for the region distribution of your resources has been relocated: the doughnut charts have been replaced with a bar chart on the Overview page for Capacity Planner.
For more information, see View usage and forecast data.
Cloud Interconnect
Feature
Partner Cross-Cloud Interconnect for Amazon Web Services (AWS) is available in Preview.
Partner Cross-Cloud Interconnect for AWS provides an on-demand and reliable method for establishing cross-cloud transport, without having to manually set up networking components.
This connectivity is represented as region-to-region transport with an SLA-protected, coordinated underlay built with AWS that can be set up on-demand, and sized up and down based on your needs.
For more information, see Partner Cross-Cloud Interconnect for AWS overview. For available locations see Choose a paired location.
Dataform
Feature
Dataform offers enhanced IAM permissions, providing more granular control over resource creation and scheduling. Administrators can also enable private workspaces to restrict access to the workspace creator. These features are in preview.
Google Cloud Contact Center as a Service
Announcement
Mobile SDK version 2.15.1 patch
The Mobile SDK version 2.15.1 patch adds the following updates to the Android SDK:
Android 16 compatibility: Mobile SDK 2.15.1 is compatible with Android 16.
Edge-to-edge screen support: Mobile SDK 2.15.1 supports edge-to-edge.
No predictive back system animations: Mobile SDK 2.15.1 doesn’t support predictive back system animations. We expect to support this Android 16 capability in a future release.
Network Intelligence Center
Feature
Connectivity Tests analyzes configurations that use geolocation objects in firewall policy rules.
Oracle Database@Google Cloud
Feature
For Autonomous Databases, you can perform restore operation through Google Cloud console. This feature is Generally Available (GA).
Vertex AI Search
Feature
Vertex AI Search: Configurable pricing for custom search (GA)
Configurable pricing is available for custom search apps and data stores.
Configurable pricing offers a flexible alternative to the default pay-as-you-go model. Configurable pricing lets you to choose a subscription that fits your needs. There are two subscriptions, one for storage and one for search queries, plus add-ons that let you add more features according to your needs.
For storage, the minimum subscription is 50 GiB/month and the available add-on is semantic embedding. For search queries, the minimum subscription is 1000 queries per minute per project, and the available add-ons are semantic query, KPI & personalization, and AI overview.
After you set up configurable pricing for a project, apply configurable pricing to apps and data stores as needed. In a project, you can have some apps and data store using the general pricing and others using configurable pricing.
Configurable pricing is generally available (GA). For more information, see Enable configurable pricing for custom search and Vertex AI Search pricing.
Source: Google Cloud Platform
