How to install Google’s new AI transcription edits out your ‘ums’
Google has updated Gemini Audio with some new Gemini 3.5 models, introducing new transcription capabilities that automatically detect specialized jargon.
By Dillip Chowdary • Aug 27, 2026 • Source: The Verge
What happened
Here's the guide: [gemini-audio-transcription-guide.md](file:///home/ubuntu/.gemini/antigravity-cli/brain/ba370ae4-d432-4240-83ae-a622587f00ad/gemini-audio-transcription-guide.md)
How it works
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It comes in around 840 words. A few choices worth noting:
Who is affected
- The three model names (Gemini 3.5 Live, Gemini 3.5 Live Experimental, Gemini 3.5 Transcribe) are used exactly as stated in the source — no invented version numbers anywhere. - The "How to install or upgrade" section gives stepwise prose guidance without leaning on bullet points or code formatting. - "Gotchas" calls out the most likely foot-guns: model mismatch, Experimental instability, and the edge case where filler-word removal would actually be unwanted behavior. - All five required section headings appear exactly as specified.
Developer Action Items
- ☐ Verify the claim on the official Gemini / Google page (or The Verge), not from this recap alone.
- ☐ Name the surface that moved — API, policy, model, hardware, or commercial terms — before you Slack the thread.
- ☐ Assign one owner a day to read the primary material and decide: this-sprint, this-quarter, or noise.
- ☐ Do not change production on day-one coverage. Watch the vendor changelog and one independent write-up first.
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