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Google AI Updates: August 27, 2026

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1. Google Launches Gemini 3.5 Transcribe Speech-to-Text Model

Google. Google introduced Gemini 3.5 Transcribe, a speech-to-text model that converts raw audio into formatted text while handling background noise, jargon, and disfluencies, removing filler words, supporting custom vocabulary, identifying up to three speakers, and producing word-level timestamps across more than 85 languages. Google reports a 2.6% word error rate in non-streaming mode and 4.0% in streaming mode, along with a 70% latency improvement over the previous Chirp 3 model. It is available in public preview through the Gemini API in Google AI Studio and the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, with a Live API for real-time streaming and an Interactions API for pre-recorded audio. Source