chore(main): release 1.72.0 (#2252)

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Author: release-please[bot]

CHANGELOG.md

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 # Changelog
 
+## [1.72.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/compare/v1.71.0...v1.72.0) (2026-04-09)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Add "eu" as a supported service location for Vertex AI platform. ([888a731](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/888a73159db17a8f08f928ee1a85e80db1a85a1a))
+* Add Live Avatar new fields ([ad1777e](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/ad1777e29e28677101c9a26bdff6fd32e103340b))
+* Add support for new audio MIME types: opus, alaw, and mulaw ([74eb373](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/74eb373b2e97291e1d07cedce7cbf1fb82123a18))
+* Add the delete method for the Agent Engine Task Store Service ([d821082](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/d821082a91effba4dc684b03b438e51527deed03))
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* Update python docs for 1.71.0 ([e82f9fc](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/e82f9fc9093825b3d5c4388c7faefe0c733f154b))
+
 ## [1.71.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/compare/v1.70.0...v1.71.0) (2026-04-08)
 
 

google/genai/version.py

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 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-__version__ = '1.71.0' # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = '1.72.0' # 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 = "1.71.0"
+version = "1.72.0"
 description = "GenAI Python SDK"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "Apache-2.0"