4. @AssemblyAI released Universal-3.6 Pro Realtime in 32 languages. Its English voice-agent benchmark reports 45% fewer wrong short-answer confirmations than 3.5 Pro. Test the tiny answers your agent acts on.
5. @Microsoft launched MAI-Transcribe-2-Streaming in 60 languages, alongside MAI-Voice-2.1 and Flash in 23 languages and 26 locales. Hearing coverage and speaking coverage need separate checks.