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Video Intelligence API: face detection smiling attribute removal
From 14 Jan 2027, the smiling attribute in DetectedAttribute of the Video Intelligence API is permanently removed for all projects. Since 15 Oct 2026, the attribute is no longer returned for new projects or projects without recent Face Detection usage.
Breaking from , 14 Jan 2027
What breaks
Google has deprecated the emotion label response for face detection (FACE_DETECTION) in the Video Intelligence API. From 14 Jan 2027, the smiling attribute in DetectedAttribute is permanently removed for all projects. Since 15 Oct 2026, the attribute is no longer returned for new projects or projects without recent Face Detection usage. Google also states that the Video Intelligence API as a whole has been deprecated since 14 Sep 2026 and will be shut down on 14 Sep 2027.
What to do
Google's face detection guide says not to use the smiling attribute shown in its code samples. Google has not published other migration steps for this change. For the shutdown of the whole API, Google recommends migrating to the Gemini family of models.
Replacement
Not stated by vendor.
Sources
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