Impact Score: 5/10
Ollama v0.13.5 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact
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Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Ollama v0.13.5. Source highlight: Google's FunctionGemma a specialized version of Google's Gemma 3 270M model fine-tuned explicitly for function calling.
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✨ New Features & Capabilities (1)
- Added built-in renderer & tool parsing capabilities for DeepSeek-V3.1
🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (1)
- Fixed issue where nested properties in tools may not have been rendered properly
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
## New Models
* Google's [FunctionGemma](https://ollama.com/library/functiongemma) a specialized version of Google's Gemma 3 270M model fine-tuned explicitly for function calling.
## What's Changed
* `bert` architecture models now run on Ollama's engine
* Added built-in renderer & tool parsing capabilities for DeepSeek-V3.1
* Fixed issue where nested properties in tools may not have been rendered properly
## New Contributors
* @familom made their first contribution in https://github.com/ollama/ollama/pull/13220
* @nathannewyen made their first contribution in https://github.com/ollama/ollama/pull/13469
**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/compare/v0.13.4...v0.13.5