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Limits: 1 h per file request (30 min with diarization/timestamps), 10 min per live session. Diarization: docs say up to 8 speakers, blog says up to three - unresolved. Powers Rambler on Android and the Gemini app on macOS; coming to Chrome and Gboard. Press quotes $0.005/min (file) and $0.009/min (live) all-in. Model card (read 2026-09-29): https://deepmind.google/models/model-cards/gemini-3-5-audio/ - covers Gemini 3.5 Live Translate, Transcribe and Transcribe Live (card dated 2026-08-26); no numeric evals in the card itself; knowledge cutoff January 2025; did not reach any Tracked or Critical Capability Levels under the Frontier Safety Framework. 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