Release Notes#

Intel® OEP SDK Manager 2026.2.0 RC1 Release#

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.