Allow access to Gemini preview models
Currently the latest stable or other stable Gemini 1.5 models are available only (see https://firebase.google.com/docs/vertex-ai/gemini-models#available-model-names). These lag behind with features such as function calling ability (performance), structured output (according to the feature matrix Gemini 1.5 Flash does not support that but we know it has multiple versions already capable of). Why cannot we access the preview model we'd like?
Csaba Toth
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Andrew Heard commented
Hi Csaba, is this an issue that you're still running into? We don't actually filter the model versions that can be used with Vertex AI in Firebase. It's possible that our documentation has lagged behind Cloud's (https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/learn/models#gemini-models) but the Firebase SDKs don't prevent you from using any of the models accessible to your project.
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The capability matrix: https://firebase.google.com/docs/vertex-ai/gemini-models#use-cases
It also says structured output coming soon for 1.5 Flash, but if the model version wasn't filtered (or not as restrictively) we could have it already.