Document history for the Amazon Nova User Guide
The following table describes the documentation releases for Amazon Nova.
Note
This documentation is for Amazon Nova Version 1. For documentation releases for Amazon Nova 2, visit Document history.
| Change | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
Amazon Nova 2.0 release | Amazon Nova 2.0 is now available with new models: Amazon Nova Lite, , Amazon Nova Sonic, and . See the Amazon Nova 2.0 Developer Guide for more information. | December 2, 2025 |
Web grounding | You can now use web grounding to connect Amazon Nova models to real-time information, to result in more accurate and reliable responses. See Grounding responses with real-time search results for more information. | October 28, 2025 |
Multimodal embeddings | You can now use the Amazon Nova Embeddings model. See Using Amazon Nova Embeddings for more information. | October 28, 2025 |
Now tunable with SageMaker AI | Amazon Nova models can now be tuned with SageMaker AI For more information, see Customizing models with SageMaker AI | July 16, 2025 |
New speech-to-speech languages | Amazon Nova Sonic can now speak in French, Italian, and German. See Speaking with Amazon Nova for more information. | July 16, 2025 |
Web grounding (Beta) | Amazon Nova can now automatically search the web to help answer your queries. See Grounding responses with web searches for more information. | July 1, 2025 |
New image generation capabilities | Amazon Nova Canvas now supports virtual try-on and image style parameters. See Virtual try-on and Visual styles for more information. | July 1, 2025 |
New speech-to-speech language | Amazon Nova Sonic can now speak in Spanish. See Speaking with Amazon Nova for more information. | June 12, 2025 |
Speech-to-speech capabilities | Amazon Nova Sonic introduces new speech-to-speech capabilities. You can now have a fully spoken conversation with Amazon Nova. See Speaking with Amazon Nova for more information. | April 8, 2025 |
Enhanced video generation support | Amazon Nova can now generate videos up to 2 minutes long. See Generating videos with Amazon Nova and Storyboarding videos with Amazon Nova for more information. | April 7, 2025 |
Enhanced region support | Amazon Nova is now available in more regions. See What is Amazon Nova for the full list of supported regions for each model. | March 10, 2025 |
Initial release | Initial release of the Amazon Nova User Guide | December 3, 2024 |
