Amp 2026.01.14
Amp 2026.01.14 was released on .
Summary
Painter Amp can now generate and edit images, which is useful for design inspiration, tweaking mockups, and making visual assets: - Exploring UI alternatives: "show me 3 different designs for this...
Release Context
- This was the 7th Amp release of 2026 tracked by Havoptic.
- It shipped 1 day after Amp 2026.01.13 (January 13, 2026).
Shipped around the same time
Within 3 days of this release, other AI coding tools also shipped:
- OpenAI Codex CLI rust-v0.87.0 (January 16, 2026)
- GitHub Copilot CLI v0.0.384 (January 16, 2026)
- Devin Desktop v1.13.9 (January 16, 2026)
- Kiro CLI v1.24.0 (January 16, 2026)
- OpenAI Codex CLI rust-v0.86.0 (January 16, 2026)
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Release Notes
Painter Amp can now generate and edit images, which is useful for design inspiration, tweaking mockups, and making visual assets: - Exploring UI alternatives: "show me 3 different designs for this task dashboard" - Editing an existing image: "update this dashboard with the changes shown in the attached image" To use it, ask Amp to use the painter tool explicitly. The painter uses Gemini 3 Pro Image (a.k.a. Nano Banana Pro) under the hood.
Other Recent Amp Releases
- 2026.10.19 (October 19, 2026)
- 2026.10.16 (October 16, 2026)
- 2026.10.13 (October 13, 2026)
- 2026.10.12 (October 12, 2026)
- 2026.10.12.2 (October 12, 2026)
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