Deepgram, July 2026 new features

Fixed

Resolved a sample rate issue that prevented some users from using the Flux TTS early access model in the Voice Agent.

Java SDK v0.7.0

Deepgram Java SDK v0.7.0 is now available. This release adds the numerals parameter to Listen V2 WebSocket connections via V2ConnectOptions and ships new Aura-2 multilingual TTS voices. This release includes a breaking change. For the full release notes, see deepgram-java-sdk v0.7.0 .

New Models Released for Multiple Languages

We have released new Nova-3 monolingual models for the following languages. These additions expand language coverage for both batch and streaming workloads.

• New Models Released for Multiple Languages
• 🆕 New Models

Enabling Numerals

Set numerals=true as a query parameter when you open the WebSocket connection: wss://api.deepgram.com/v2/listen?model=flux-general-en&numerals=true&encoding=linear16&sample_rate=16000 On Flux, numerals is set at connection time only and cannot be changed through the Configure message.

• Enabling Numerals
• 🆕 Numeral Formatting for Flux

Improved Models Released for Multiple Languages

We have released improved Nova-3 monolingual models for the following languages. These updates enhance transcription quality and accuracy for both batch and streaming workloads.

• Improved Models Released for Multiple Languages
• 🆕 Improved Models

Container Images (release 260714)

- quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-api:release-260714 Equivalent image to: quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-api:1.192.5-1 quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-engine:release-260714 Equivalent image to: quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-engine:3.119.1-3 Minimum required NVIDIA driver version: >=570.172.08 quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-license-proxy:release-260714 Equivalent image...

• Container Images (release 260714)
• This Release Contains The Following Changes

InjectAgentMessage: behavior field and new interrupt mode

The InjectAgentMessage message now accepts a behavior field that controls how an injected message interacts with any in-progress user or agent turn. The default and queue behaviors were previously documented; the new interrupt behavior is introduced with this release. default , the agent speaks only if neither the user nor the agent is mid-turn.

• InjectAgentMessage: behavior field and new interrupt mode
• Latency reporting

SDK Compatibility

Most integrations will continue to work without changes. The exception is clients configured to reject unrecognized fields, which may return errors when the new fields appear. Here is what we recommend: Python : Versions 6.0.1 and later are unaffected. If you are on the 5.x line, update to 5.3.4.

• SDK Compatibility
• 🆕 Word-Level Timestamps Now Available in Flux