A new speech-to-text model is now in production, with better transcription accuracy and end-of-turn detection
A new speech-to-text model is now in production, with better transcription accuracy and end-of-turn detection. It replaces the previous model in place, so you don't need to change your requests. See Speech-to-Text .
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Gemini Enterprise: Salesforce federated data store
Connecting a Salesforce data source with Gemini Enterprise using data federation is generally available (GA). You can use the Gemini Enterprise app assistant to search across your Salesforce accounts, contacts, opportunities, cases, leads, and custom objects, get answers grounded in that content, and create, update, and delete records without needing to...
[In preview] Public Preview: Extend immutability for PITR backups for Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance
With this enhancement, you have the ability to lock your retention to the configured PITR retention, beyond the default 7 days of immutable backups that are already available. This is especially useful for financial customers who typically have 35 days of
UI improvements now generally available for PD Reliability Platform customers
Customers on PD Reliability Platform now have an improved UI experience, including: Consolidated settings: Brings all your configuration and admin settings together in one place. New nav: Provides streamlined access to your most important capabilities. Your Subscription: Shows where the opportunities are to shift work off humans and onto AI and automation.
Claude auto-connect (beta) for PagerDuty MCP Server now in Early Access
With Claude auto-connect, members with a matching PagerDuty account are connected to PagerDuty in Claude automatically, with no sign-in screen and no identity provider (IdP) configuration. Members act as themselves in PagerDuty, with the permissions they already have there.
In BigQuery Studio , the left pane has been updated with new tab names
In BigQuery Studio , the left pane has been updated with new tab names. The Classic Explorer tab has been renamed to the Data tab, and the Repository tab has been renamed to the Source control tab. The Data tab now includes the Add data button and focuses on data hierarchies. These changes are generally available (GA).
Dependabot version updates support Agent Package Manager
You can now keep your AI agent skills, prompts, and instructions up to date with Dependabot version updates for Agent Package Manager (APM) . Dependabot opens pull requests to update supported git dependencies declared in apm.yml and regenerates apm.lock.yaml when it’s present. This support covers version updates, not security updates.
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TTS output in resampled formats now starts without the extra 40 ms of silence
Gradium updated its TTS output to remove 40 ms of silence at the start of resampled audio chunks. Developers should now use start_s and stop_s parameters instead of assuming fixed chunk sizes.
New voice clones are now enhanced by default
Gradium voice clones are now enhanced by default, with an option to opt out via the API.
You can now filter GET /voices/ by locale , gender and use_case , including combinations of these filters
The GET /voices/ endpoint now supports filtering by locale, gender, and use case. Additionally, voice responses now include a rank field to help prioritize custom and catalog voices.
Phonon brings text-to-speech to local devices, including phones, laptops, embedded devices and browsers
Phonon brings text-to-speech to local devices, including phones, laptops, embedded devices and browsers. Run speech generation locally for applications that need offline operation or want to keep inference on the device. Use voices from the catalog, or custom voices created through Gradium, in your local applications.
Organization page with role-based access controls
Gradium updated the organization page with new role-based access controls, improved invitation management, and data residency visibility.
The Voice localizer is now in Studio, out of beta
The Voice localizer is now in Studio, out of beta. Pick a voice, describe the accent you want, and compare three takes at different strengths. The one you keep is saved as a new custom voice. You can also start from Localize in any voice's menu in the catalog. See the Voice Localization guide .
The voice catalog grows from about 390 to more than 1,400 voices
Gradium expanded its voice catalog to over 1,400 voices and added features for preview samples, usage exports, and pronunciation dictionary management.