# Release Notes

## Intel® OEP SDK Manager 2026.2.0 Release

**Release Date**: September 9, 2026

### New

- **Latest Available Components**
  - Updated Docker images to the 2026.2.0 RC1 tags on Docker Hub where available.
  - Git repositories moved to the latest available release branch: release-2026.2.0.
- **Component Version Updates**
  - DL Streamer and DL Streamer Pipeline Server updated to 2026.2.0 Ubuntu 24 RC1 tags.
  - OpenVINO Model Server on 2026.3 and OpenVINO development image on 2026.3.0.
  - Scenescape components updated to 2026.2.0-rc1.
- **Gen AI SDK Enhancements**
  - Audio Analyzer updated to 2026.2.0-rc2.
  - Multimodal Embedding Serving and Model Download updated to 2026.2.0-rc1.
  - Document Ingestion and Chat Q&A UI updated to 2026.2.0-rc1.
  - Chat Q&A is deprecated; the Gen AI SDK now uses Chat Q&A Core (2026.2.0-rc1).
  - Replaced Visual Data Preparation For Retrieval (VDMS) with Multimodal Data Preparation (2026.2.0-rc1).
  - Removed the VLM OpenVINO Serving microservice.
- **Visual AI Demo Kit**
  - Grafana updated to 13.1.3.
- **Updated Documentation**
    Tutorials updated with the 2026.2.0 Ubuntu 24 RC1 container image references.

## Intel® OEP SDK Manager 2026.1.0 Release

- **Latest Available Components**
  - Updated Docker images to the latest available tags on Docker Hub across all SDKs.
  - Git repositories remain on the latest available release branch: release-2026.1.0.
- **Component Version Updates**
  - DL Streamer and DL Streamer Pipeline Server updated to 2026.1.0 Ubuntu 24 tags.
  - OpenVINO Model Server upgraded to 2026.2 and OpenVINO development image to 2026.2.0.
  - Scenescape components updated to 2026.1.0.
  - Gen AI microservices updated to latest available production tags, with Model Download updated to 2026.1.0-rc2.
- **Gen AI SDK Enhancements**
  - Chat Q&A and Chat Q&A UI updated to latest available tags.
  - Model Download service updated to 2026.1.0-rc2.
  - Document Ingestion and Embedding services updated to latest available tags.
- **Updated Documentation**
  - Enhanced guides and tutorials for improved clarity and usability.
  - All tutorials updated with latest container image references.

## Intel® OEP SDK Manager EAS-2026.0.0 Release

- **Updated Documentation**
  - Enhanced guides and tutorials for improved clarity and usability.
  - Latest best practices integrated across all learning materials.
- **Component Version Updates**
  - OpenVINO™ upgraded to latest version for improved performance and features.
  - DL Streamer updated with latest enhancements for optimized media processing.
- **Gen AI Tutorials**
  - Updated to leverage latest Gen AI SDK capabilities and workflows.
  - Improved examples demonstrating current best practices and advanced techniques.