chore(main): release 2.8.0 (#2517)

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Author: release-please[bot]

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,29 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.8.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/compare/v2.7.0...v2.8.0) (2026-06-03)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Add Agent Platform MCP support to async generate_content ([e3be9af](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/e3be9af3c21c9f8f625aecd890a5ee1f9993fb3d))
+* Add transcription language code. ([53ea3f6](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/53ea3f689bf02ecbdbecf8a2a4aff77c48016eb9))
+* Add TranslationConfig for live translation. ([4775314](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/47753147a30c10138f1a4e46c1c8e8069ae8e86d))
+* Support ReinforcementTuning in GenAI SDK including ValidateReward API method. ([e0854a6](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/e0854a6d1f487435507d2cffd82ad133de8b931d))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Include all fields of a single tool ([7b1d498](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/7b1d4982f4a61def33db8873feb1334416d4a0e4))
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* A comment for field `enable_widget` in message `GoogleMaps` is changed ([74d81dd](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/74d81dd2e3cfe9eb9350751cfbcb597fcd60a479))
+* A comment for field `google_maps_widget_context_token` in message `GroundingMetadata` is changed ([74d81dd](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/74d81dd2e3cfe9eb9350751cfbcb597fcd60a479))
+* Remove `codegen_instructions.md` for simpler maintenance, Gemini API Skills should be the single source of truth ([bfa2a49](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/bfa2a495e5c7e5acd232c46d3f84913f3a50522a))
+* Update README.md for model/SDK Changes and direct to Gemini API Skills ([47c1a13](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/47c1a13e8475b3a2553e699f9ff0823d8757fa92))
+* Update the docs for 2.7 ([bbef98e](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/bbef98e64ebf6e12a5ab1aba02302a28ca1faf4f))
+
 ## [2.7.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/compare/v2.6.0...v2.7.0) (2026-05-27)
 
 

google/genai/version.py

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 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-__version__ = '2.7.0' # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = '2.8.0' # 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 = "2.7.0"
+version = "2.8.0"
 description = "GenAI Python SDK"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "Apache-2.0"