# Voice and audio: the trend by quarter

Speech, text-to-speech, transcription, music, live conversation. Counted from the record's checked claims since 2023; * is the quarter in progress, to date. One domain: ?in=ai or ?in=tech. Trends: [/trends.md](/trends.md), [/trends/tech.md](/trends/tech.md).

| Quarter | Claims |
|---|---:|
| 2026-Q4* | 13 of 193 updates (7%) |
| 2026-Q3 | 26 of 253 updates (10%) |
| 2026-Q2 | 17 of 175 updates (10%) |
| 2026-Q1 | 8 of 98 updates (8%) |
| 2025-Q4 | 1 of 62 updates (2%) |
| 2025-Q3 | 2 of 70 updates (3%) |
| 2025-Q1 | 1 of 36 updates (3%) |
| 2024-Q4 | 1 of 37 updates (3%) |
| 2024-Q3 | 2 of 24 updates (8%) |
| 2024-Q2 | 2 of 27 updates (7%) |
| 2023-Q4 | 1 of 13 updates (8%) |
| 2023-Q3 | 1 of 17 updates (6%) |
| 2023-Q1 | 1 of 4 updates (25%) |

## Claims, newest first (76 since 2023)

- [Hugging Face](/record/hugging-face.md) | released | AnySpeechRecognizer | valid 2026-10-29 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_B314A7EC4B90](/claim/clm_B314A7EC4B90.md)
- [Nvidia](/record/nvidia.md) | model_release | Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe | valid 2026-10-28 to present | conf 0.50 | unverified | [clm_AB64D7EFB942](/claim/clm_AB64D7EFB942.md)
- [Amazon](/record/amazon.md) | released | Echo Show 16 | valid 2026-10-28 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_C6B7DB366006](/claim/clm_C6B7DB366006.md)
- [Amazon](/record/amazon.md) | released | Echo Time | valid 2026-10-28 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_CC3E4636FEAC](/claim/clm_CC3E4636FEAC.md)
- [Amazon Alexa](/record/amazon-alexa.md) | released | 16-inch smart display | valid 2026-10-28 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_F29B2EF987A5](/claim/clm_F29B2EF987A5.md)
- [Google DeepMind](/record/google-deepmind.md) | released | [Genie 4](/record/genie-4.md) | valid 2026-10-27 to present | conf 0.50 | unverified | [clm_AF30F56DCCB5](/claim/clm_AF30F56DCCB5.md)
- [Mistral AI](/record/mistral-ai.md) | released | Voxtral 3 | valid 2026-10-22 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_CFABEEA567F9](/claim/clm_CFABEEA567F9.md)
- [Spotify](/record/spotify.md) | released | in-car app | valid 2026-10-21 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_62C03A02BC47](/claim/clm_62C03A02BC47.md)
- [OpenAI](/record/openai.md) | feature_added | Native Decisions integration in GPT-Live | valid 2026-10-15 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_E66785140CDD](/claim/clm_E66785140CDD.md)
- [Mozilla Foundation](/record/mozilla-foundation.md) | feature_added | New Firefox sounds | valid 2026-10-15 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_F50AEFE4A129](/claim/clm_F50AEFE4A129.md)
- [Grok Voice 3.0](/record/grok-voice-3.md) | model_release | Grok Voice 3.0 | valid 2026-10-14 to present | conf 0.50 | valid | [clm_3B74CFDBF4B9](/claim/clm_3B74CFDBF4B9.md)
- [Amazon Nova 2.5 Sonic](/record/amazon-nova-2-5-sonic.md) | model_release | Amazon Nova 2.5 Sonic | valid 2026-10-13 to present | conf 0.50 | valid | [clm_6E0C7BD9B254](/claim/clm_6E0C7BD9B254.md)
- [Amazon](/record/amazon.md) | launched | Amazon Alexa Tablets | valid 2026-10-08 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_01B9B1FD7F9B](/claim/clm_01B9B1FD7F9B.md)
- [Character.ai](/record/character-ai.md) | released | ShortSqueak | valid 2026-09-28 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_E9A68186D48B](/claim/clm_E9A68186D48B.md)
- [Gemini](/record/gemini.md) | feature_added | Live Avatar | valid 2026-09-24 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_F8024481EDB7](/claim/clm_F8024481EDB7.md)
- [Gemini](/record/gemini.md) | model_release | Gemini 3.8 text-to-speech | valid 2026-09-23 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_895889334634](/claim/clm_895889334634.md)
- [Gemini](/record/gemini.md) | feature_added | Voice replication | valid 2026-09-22 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_160C570A70CE](/claim/clm_160C570A70CE.md)
- [Google](/record/google.md) | model_release | Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS | valid 2026-09-22 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_8A9FC312D512](/claim/clm_8A9FC312D512.md)
- [Gemini](/record/gemini.md) | feature_added | Voices endpoint | valid 2026-09-22 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_A49E9C6D4756](/claim/clm_A49E9C6D4756.md)
- [Google](/record/google.md) | model_release | Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS | valid 2026-09-22 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_C85F0876371D](/claim/clm_C85F0876371D.md)
- [Gemini](/record/gemini.md) | feature_added | Extended Voice Library | valid 2026-09-22 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_F220B01D2F1A](/claim/clm_F220B01D2F1A.md)
- [Gemini](/record/gemini.md) | feature_added | Voice design | valid 2026-09-22 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_FBBE26243B8E](/claim/clm_FBBE26243B8E.md)
- [Grok Voice Transcribe 2.0](/record/grok-voice-transcribe-2.md) | model_release | Grok Voice Transcribe 2.0 | valid 2026-09-18 to present | conf 0.50 | valid | [clm_5B5DB4998B80](/claim/clm_5B5DB4998B80.md)
- [Google](/record/google.md) | model_release | [Gemini 3.8 Live](/record/gemini-3-8-live.md) | valid 2026-09-15 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_43E31F378829](/claim/clm_43E31F378829.md)
- [Microsoft](/record/microsoft.md) | model_release | MAI-Transcribe-2 | valid 2026-09-03 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_2936EB946D44](/claim/clm_2936EB946D44.md)
- [Google DeepMind](/record/google-deepmind.md) | released | [Lyria 3.5](/record/lyria-3-5.md) | valid 2026-09-03 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_69D404BFA235](/claim/clm_69D404BFA235.md)
- [Gemini 3.5 Transcribe](/record/gemini-3-5-transcribe.md) | model_release | Gemini 3.5 Transcribe | valid 2026-08-26 to present | conf 0.50 | valid | [clm_1309CEFB232E](/claim/clm_1309CEFB232E.md)
- [Harvey](/record/harvey.md) | feature_added | Audio and video transcription | valid 2026-08-14 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_58D3D3CF12E1](/claim/clm_58D3D3CF12E1.md)
- [Nvidia](/record/nvidia.md) | released | Magpie TTS | valid 2026-08-10 to present | conf 0.50 | unverified | [clm_18B57B73CCCE](/claim/clm_18B57B73CCCE.md)
- [Lyria 3.5](/record/lyria-3-5.md) | model_release | Lyria 3.5 | valid 2026-07-29 to present | conf 0.50 | valid | [clm_5E79BE3ED492](/claim/clm_5E79BE3ED492.md)
- [xAI](/record/xai.md) | released | Grok Voice 2.0 | valid 2026-07-29 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_8FC8E58E8378](/claim/clm_8FC8E58E8378.md)
- [OpenAI](/record/openai.md) | released | GPT Transcribe | valid 2026-07-28 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_2411A0BF8BA1](/claim/clm_2411A0BF8BA1.md)
- [OpenAI](/record/openai.md) | released | GPT Live Transcribe | valid 2026-07-28 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_9DBD690662A1](/claim/clm_9DBD690662A1.md)
- [Microsoft](/record/microsoft.md) | model_release | MAI-Voice-2-Flash | valid 2026-07-23 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_F44C87A65CBD](/claim/clm_F44C87A65CBD.md)
- [Cohere](/record/cohere.md) | model_release | Cohere Transcribe Arabic | valid 2026-07-07 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_393BEE1BE49C](/claim/clm_393BEE1BE49C.md)
- [OpenAI](/record/openai.md) | released | GPT-Realtime-2.1 mini | valid 2026-07-06 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_213CF29B7DB8](/claim/clm_213CF29B7DB8.md)
- [Grok](/record/grok.md) | feature_added | 21 new voices | valid 2026-07-06 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_89178E91B1B3](/claim/clm_89178E91B1B3.md)
- [OpenAI](/record/openai.md) | released | GPT-Realtime-2.1 | valid 2026-07-06 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_94D935F8C8A5](/claim/clm_94D935F8C8A5.md)
- [xAI](/record/xai.md) | launched | Voice Agent Builder | valid 2026-07-01 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_95C6E1ABDCA1](/claim/clm_95C6E1ABDCA1.md)
- [Google AI Studio](/record/google-ai-studio.md) | feature_added | Gemini 3.5 Live Translate | valid 2026-06-09 to present | conf 0.50 | unverified | [clm_0B7125604DCD](/claim/clm_0B7125604DCD.md)
- [Google DeepMind](/record/google-deepmind.md) | model_release | Gemini 3.5 Live Translate | valid 2026-06-09 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_D77CF6B67258](/claim/clm_D77CF6B67258.md)
- [Microsoft](/record/microsoft.md) | released | MAI-Voice-2 | valid 2026-06-02 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_5A7529F872AB](/claim/clm_5A7529F872AB.md)
- [Microsoft](/record/microsoft.md) | released | MAI-Transcribe-1.5 | valid 2026-06-02 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_67A24D9F2268](/claim/clm_67A24D9F2268.md)
- [OpenRouter](/record/openrouter.md) | feature_added | Speech and transcription APIs | valid 2026-06-01 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_40BD6F167B81](/claim/clm_40BD6F167B81.md)
- [Stability AI](/record/stability-ai.md) | released | Stable Audio 3.0 | valid 2026-05-20 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_5F1E943EFE2D](/claim/clm_5F1E943EFE2D.md)
- [OpenAI](/record/openai.md) | released | GPT-Realtime-Translate | valid 2026-05-07 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_1D83E8BC003C](/claim/clm_1D83E8BC003C.md)
- [OpenAI](/record/openai.md) | released | GPT-Realtime-2 | valid 2026-05-07 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_9EA67FAC28E2](/claim/clm_9EA67FAC28E2.md)
- [OpenAI](/record/openai.md) | released | GPT-Realtime-Whisper | valid 2026-05-07 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_D70548C054AB](/claim/clm_D70548C054AB.md)
- [xAI](/record/xai.md) | feature_added | Custom Voices | valid 2026-04-30 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_9AD5FF77C841](/claim/clm_9AD5FF77C841.md)
- [xAI](/record/xai.md) | released | Grok Voice 1.0 | valid 2026-04-23 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_9C4A8FB687B2](/claim/clm_9C4A8FB687B2.md)
- [xAI](/record/xai.md) | available_in | API | valid 2026-04-23 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_EB43F7C95A86](/claim/clm_EB43F7C95A86.md)
- [xAI](/record/xai.md) | released | Grok Speech to Text API | valid 2026-04-17 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_F4BE9D0AE266](/claim/clm_F4BE9D0AE266.md)
- [Character.ai](/record/character-ai.md) | released | c.ai Books | valid 2026-04-16 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_002317653495](/claim/clm_002317653495.md)
- [Google DeepMind](/record/google-deepmind.md) | model_release | Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS | valid 2026-04-15 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_747927101BEE](/claim/clm_747927101BEE.md)
- [Google](/record/google.md) | model_release | Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS Preview | valid 2026-04-15 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_763631163D80](/claim/clm_763631163D80.md)
- [Microsoft](/record/microsoft.md) | model_release | MAI-Transcribe-1 | valid 2026-04-02 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_3F2D588049E5](/claim/clm_3F2D588049E5.md)
- [Cohere](/record/cohere.md) | released | Cohere Transcribe | valid 2026-03-26 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_06EE7B15D779](/claim/clm_06EE7B15D779.md)
- [Google](/record/google.md) | released | gemini-3.1-flash-live-preview | valid 2026-03-26 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_C918F29629FB](/claim/clm_C918F29629FB.md)
- [Google DeepMind](/record/google-deepmind.md) | model_release | Gemini 3.1 Flash Live | valid 2026-03-26 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_DDD90ED03C95](/claim/clm_DDD90ED03C95.md)
- [Google](/record/google.md) | released | Lyria 3 | valid 2026-03-25 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_6C00D5375FBD](/claim/clm_6C00D5375FBD.md)
- [Google DeepMind](/record/google-deepmind.md) | model_release | Lyria 3 Pro | valid 2026-03-25 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_79CAAD051FFD](/claim/clm_79CAAD051FFD.md)
- [Voxtral TTS](/record/voxtral-tts.md) | released | Voxtral TTS | valid 2026-03-23 to present | conf 0.50 | valid | [clm_9909076EBEDE](/claim/clm_9909076EBEDE.md)
- [Google DeepMind](/record/google-deepmind.md) | model_release | Lyria 3 | valid 2026-02-18 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_4FD357D63FBA](/claim/clm_4FD357D63FBA.md)
- [Gemini](/record/gemini.md) | feature_added | Music generation | valid 2026-02-18 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_8B1B45088085](/claim/clm_8B1B45088085.md)
- [xAI](/record/xai.md) | released | Grok Voice Agent API | valid 2025-12-17 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_8C5E91DFB410](/claim/clm_8C5E91DFB410.md)
- [Stable Audio 2.5](/record/stable-audio-25.md) | released | Stable Audio 2.5 | valid 2025-09-10 to present | conf 0.50 | valid | [clm_EA5AB891E953](/claim/clm_EA5AB891E953.md)
- [OpenRouter](/record/openrouter.md) | feature_added | Audio inputs | valid 2025-08-04 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_9887502AA372](/claim/clm_9887502AA372.md)
- [Gemini](/record/gemini.md) | feature_added | Audio Overview | valid 2025-03-18 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_DB0E5E03652C](/claim/clm_DB0E5E03652C.md)
- [Fireworks AI](/record/fireworks-ai.md) | feature_added | Voice activity detection | valid 2024-12-09 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_04786F1201A0](/claim/clm_04786F1201A0.md)
- [Gemini](/record/gemini.md) | available_in | English | valid 2024-09-04 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_5104872C17E6](/claim/clm_5104872C17E6.md)
- [Gemini](/record/gemini.md) | feature_added | Gemini Live | valid 2024-09-04 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_888911C01D1A](/claim/clm_888911C01D1A.md)
- [Stable Audio Open](/record/stable-audio-open.md) | released | Stable Audio Open | valid 2024-06-05 to present | conf 0.50 | valid | [clm_2B6237DED33E](/claim/clm_2B6237DED33E.md)
- [Stability AI](/record/stability-ai.md) | released | Stable Audio 2.0 | valid 2024-04-03 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_8814B3CDAD8E](/claim/clm_8814B3CDAD8E.md)
- [Replicate](/record/replicate.md) | feature_added | MusicGen fine-tuning | valid 2023-10-13 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_129E3A807945](/claim/clm_129E3A807945.md)
- [Stability AI](/record/stability-ai.md) | released | Stable Audio | valid 2023-09-13 to present | conf 0.70 | valid | [clm_AD8FDDF42F59](/claim/clm_AD8FDDF42F59.md)
- [Apple Inc.](/record/apple.md) | released | Apple Music Classical | valid 2023-03-28 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_106BF5271E02](/claim/clm_106BF5271E02.md)

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