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##
[2.44.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/compare/bigframes-v2.43.0...bigframes-v2.44.0)
(2026-06-25)
### Features
* add date functions to `bigframes.bigquery` module
([#17514](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/17514))
([e5d2e35](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/e5d2e35db94373ca395976fd755c2bc7e0a060bd))
* **bigframes:** add AI TVFs to the pandas bq accessor
([#17402](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/17402))
([ee74e31](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/ee74e3140a2e11936c36714a27393c3072bed6c7))
* Experimental transpilation of unannotated python callables
([#17419](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/17419))
([ea9aad9](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/ea9aad9a43c306ab109054183b257e6c41a1b2e6))
* support gemini-3.x models in loader and update default model to
gemini-3.5-flash
([#17557](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/17557))
([3619b29](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/3619b29e10ae04623d101808cb98be5edbb483b4))
* support interactive execution of deferred DataFrames in TableWidget
([#17486](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/17486))
([421eebd](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/421eebdb31d526a6d5ba27c433cf2803d7619be3))
### Bug Fixes
* avoid invalid CAST(NULL AS NULL) in SQLGlot compiler
([#17487](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/17487))
([3b79caa](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/3b79caa8f40f61ccd7c655542e9f242f34e068e2))
* **bigframes:** world-readable temp zip in create_cloud_function
([#17522](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/17522))
([e726878](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/e7268785c6736c10c1337160b4d8606975062637))
* bump @angular/common, @angular/forms, @angular/platform-browser and
@angular/router in
/packages/bigframes/bigframes/display/table_widget_angular
([#17525](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/17525))
([2f893b1](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/2f893b1b53e7394655fd204d1f8a138212ad8227))
* bump langsmith from 0.8.0 to 0.8.18 in /packages/bigframes
([#17518](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/17518))
([f23063f](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/f23063f9182cdec868c16afb80304892850fbe88))
* bump msgpack from 1.1.1 to 1.2.1 in /packages/bigframes
([#17520](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/17520))
([36b5b7e](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/36b5b7ebb01030a2d0f10d49fe4827ddc79dde9a))
* bump undici and @angular/build in
/packages/bigframes/bigframes/display/table_widget_angular
([#17519](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/17519))
([6fc45e3](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/6fc45e3790c5a248dcec4b74799834c7b9219ef0))
* handle empty endpoints during cloud function reuse
([#17501](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/17501))
([4f5593a](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/4f5593a520b5afdeb02cc28f19a9596dbc35a90f))
### Documentation
* ensure that PlotAccessor is included in the API reference
([#17513](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/17513))
([6febabf](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/6febabf795106a0c336dc905fc23da88d8cc94a0))
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