Google Search Live Gets a Gemini Audio Upgrade for Smoother Replies

Search Live gets an upgrade with Gemini 2.5 native audio, delivering faster, more natural voice conversations and hands-free ...

Guide to Talking Assistants With LangChain : Faster Calls, Smarter Tools, Clear Steps

Build a LangChain voice agent using a sandwich-style pipeline, targeting 250–750 ms replies and VAD, so conversations stay ...
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Google Translate’s real-time speech works on any Android headphones

“How fast can a conversation cross languages without breaking its rhythm?” That is what Google Translate’s latest update has answered with one giant leap in functionality and performance. Live speech ...

Google is turning any headphones into real-time translation earbuds

Starting today, Android device owners can begin testing live speech translation in the Google Translate app, which now relies on Gemini. The AI makes text translations ...

Questions of accuracy arise as Washington Post uses AI to create personalized podcasts

It's not your mother's podcast — or your father's, or anyone else's. The Washington Post 's new offering, "Your Personal ...
MacRumors

ChatGPT Voice Mode Now Works Inside Your Existing Conversation

OpenAI has updated the voice feature in its ChatGPT app so that voice conversations now happen directly inside an ongoing chat instead of forcing users into a separate voice-only session. The change ...
TechSpot

Matthew McConaughey and Michael Caine are licensing their voices to AI

A hot potato: Cloned voices have become a hot-button topic. Beyond the risk of misinformation, actors are increasingly demanding compensation for the use of their voice likenesses. However, it's a ...
Android Police

The Google app's revamped voice search interface is gradually rolling out

Chethan is a reporter at Android Police, focusing on the weekend news coverage for the site. He has covered tech for over a decade with multiple publications, including the likes of Times Internet, ...
InfoQ

Voices Enables Fast Text-to-Speech for Java Applications

A monthly overview of things you need to know as an architect or aspiring architect. Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with ...
Search Engine Land

Share of voice: Why it matters for your brand and how to own more of the space

People are exposed to thousands of messages every day—from search results and sponsored posts to opinion pieces and AI summaries. Their minds are already full. And if your brand isn’t showing up ...
GamesRadar+

Arc Raiders devs "don’t use generative AI," CCO says AI text-to-speech is used to help "make rich worlds" while keeping the studio small but "there's no end goal in replacing ...

Games Elder Scrolls and Fallout boss Todd Howard says AI is a useful "tool" in game dev, but "not in generating things" because "the human intention of it is what makes our stuff special" Third Person ...
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Google Announces A New Era For Voice Search

Google announced a major update to voice search that uses AI to make it faster and more accurate, calling it a new era. Google announced an update to its voice search, which changes how voice search ...