# Voxtral 3 audio model announced

A new version of Voxtral, Mistral’s speech and audio AI model, has been shared on Hacker News. The release is worth noting for developers building transcription, voice, and audio-understanding applications.

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## Sources

### Technology
- [Hacker News](https://mistral.ai/news/voxtral-3/) — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:02:07 +0000