Apple has secured full access to Google's Gemini models within its data centers and is using knowledge distillation to generate training data for smaller, on-device AI models. The approach allows Apple to create lightweight versions that replicate Gemini's reasoning patterns while running directly on Apple devices, requiring significantly less processing power.
March 26, 2026
Mistral has released Voxtral TTS, a 4-billion-parameter text-to-speech model that can clone voices from just three seconds of reference audio across nine languages. The model delivers 70ms latency for typical 10-second samples and outperformed ElevenLabs Flash v2.5 in naturalness tests. Voxtral is available via API at $0.016 per 1,000 characters and as open-weights on Hugging Face.
Google is rolling out chat and memory import functionality to Gemini, allowing users to transfer conversation history from ChatGPT, Claude, and other AI apps. The feature supports zip file uploads up to 5 GB, with users able to upload up to 5 files per day. A companion memory import tool lets users generate context summaries from other chatbots to paste into Gemini.
Google is expanding Search Live, its voice and camera-based AI search assistant, to more than 200 countries and territories with support for dozens of languages. The expansion is powered by Gemini 3.1 Flash Live, a new audio-focused model that Google claims offers faster response times and more natural conversations.
Google is rolling out Search Live globally, its conversational search feature powered by Gemini 3.1 Flash Live, which supports over 90 languages. Simultaneously, Google Translate's live headphones translation mode is launching on iOS after its Android debut, supporting over 70 languages across seven new countries.
Google has begun globally rolling out Search Live, enabling users in 200+ countries and territories to point their phone camera at objects and ask questions about what they see. The expansion is powered by Google's Gemini 3.1 Flash Live model, designed to be natively multilingual with faster, more reliable performance.
Google has released Gemini 3.1 Flash Live, its new voice and audio AI model, scoring 95.9% on the Big Bench Audio Benchmark at high thinking levels—second only to Step-Audio R1.1 Realtime at 97.0%. Response times range from 0.96 seconds at minimal thinking to 2.98 seconds at high thinking, with pricing held at $0.35 per hour of audio input and $1.40 per hour of audio output.
Amazon has released a serverless architecture solution using Bedrock Guardrails that dynamically selects safety policies based on user age, role, and industry. The solution enforces five specialized guardrails—including COPPA-compliant child protection and healthcare-specific policies—at inference time to prevent prompt injection attacks and ensure context-appropriate responses.
Amazon has released a new Bidirectional Streaming API for Amazon Polly that enables simultaneous text input and audio output over a single HTTP/2 connection. The API reduces end-to-end latency by 39% compared to traditional request-response TTS by allowing text to be sent word-by-word as LLMs generate tokens, rather than waiting for complete sentences. The feature is available in Java, JavaScript, .NET, C++, Go, Kotlin, PHP, Ruby, Rust, and Swift SDKs.
Google is expanding Search Live globally to users in more than 200 countries, enabling real-time voice and camera search through the Google app and Lens. The feature, powered by Gemini 3.1 Flash Live—a new multilingual audio and video model—allows users to point their phone camera at objects and ask questions with instant spoken responses.
Mistral AI released Voxtral-4B-TTS-2603, an open-weights text-to-speech model designed for production voice agents. The 4B-parameter model supports 9 languages, 20 preset voices, achieves 70ms latency at concurrency 1 on a single NVIDIA H200, and requires only 16GB GPU memory.
Google announced Gemini 3.1 Flash Live as its updated audio and voice model for Gemini Live and Search Live. The model claims improved acoustic recognition, better background noise filtering, support for over 90 languages, and lower latency compared to 2.5 Flash Native Audio.
Google has released Gemini 3.1 Flash Live, its highest-quality audio model designed for natural and reliable real-time voice interactions. The model scores 90.8% on ComplexFuncBench Audio and 36.1% on Scale AI's Audio MultiChallenge with thinking enabled. It's now available to developers via the Gemini Live API, enterprises through Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience, and consumers in Search Live and Gemini Live across 200+ countries.