Incrdible release from Google, and one more friction gone from ditching my keyboard.

Also looks like, Gemini 3.5 Transcribe will put real pressure on many startups producing clean, well-formatted voice-to-text.

you speak into Gemini 3.5 Transcribe, and instead of directly writing down every word literally, it will produce the text you actually intended.

Its smart mode resolves false starts, strips filler, formats numbers and dates, and biases recognition toward custom vocabulary instead of returning speech word-for-word.

It is available through API right now. There are 2 endpoints:

- gemini-3.5-transcribe: recorded audio, up to 1 hour, with timestamps, speaker identification, custom vocabulary and smart transcription.

- gemini-3.5-transcribe-live: real-time WebSocket streaming, with smart transcription and sub-second interaction latency; individual live sessions currently max out at 10 minutes.