chore(main): release 1.44.0 (#1507)

* chore(main): release 1.44.0

* Update CHANGELOG.md

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Co-authored-by: release-please[bot] <55107282+release-please[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Matthew Tang <tangmatthew@google.com>

Author: release-please[bot]

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,23 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.44.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/compare/v1.43.0...v1.44.0) (2025-10-15)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Support fully override base_url and raw model name when none of the project, locations, api_key are configured ([160997e](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/160997e7c06d81ef0d9116bdf8043f340e84b141))
+* Support video extension for Veo on Gemini Developer API ([341ea77](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/341ea77f97c6eab50b75c96505141cc10df14880))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Avoid potential dual import confusion in type assert ([9cc4a72](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/9cc4a724053031eeab0e9dcd7ee1f2322045d0e3))
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* Refresh docs. ([9c8147b](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/9c8147bfd29af8c409589eefdf75a3134f56e5f7))
+
 ## [1.43.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/compare/v1.42.0...v1.43.0) (2025-10-10)
 
 

google/genai/version.py

@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-__version__ = '1.43.0' # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = '1.44.0' # x-release-please-version

pyproject.toml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ requires = ["setuptools", "wheel", "twine>=6.1.0", "packaging>=24.2", "pkginfo>=
 
 [project]
 name = "google-genai"
-version = "1.43.0"
+version = "1.44.0"
 description = "GenAI Python SDK"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}