Google Gemini September Update — 3.5 Transcribe Launch, Code Repository Upload, Workspace Custom Instructions!

Google Gemini September-ൽ ഒന്നിലധികം major updates — developers-ൻ്റ് ജീവിതം easier ആകൂ!

Gemini 3.5 Transcribe — Generally Available

Launch date: September 2026 Status: GA (Generally Available) — production use ചെയ്യൂ

Key Features

85+ languages support: Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Bengali — fully support ചെയ്‌ത്

High accuracy + low latency:

• Non-streaming speech-to-text
• Word-level timestamps
• Speaker diarization (ആര് speak ചെയ്‌തു automatically identify ചെയ്‌ത്)

Comparison:

Feature	Gemini 3.5 Transcribe	Whisper (OpenAI)	AWS Transcribe
Languages	85+	99	75+
Malayalam	✅ Good	✅ Fair	❌
Speaker ID	✅ Yes	❌	✅ Yes
Streaming	❌	❌	✅
Price	Low	Free/Paid	Pay-per-use

Kerala Developers-ന് Use Cases

Court recordings:

# Gemini Transcribe — Malayalam court proceedings
import google.generativeai as genai

audio_file = genai.upload_file("court_hearing.mp3")
model = genai.GenerativeModel("gemini-3.5-transcribe")
result = model.generate_content(audio_file)
print(result.text)  # Malayalam transcript with speaker labels

Medical documentation: Doctor-patient conversation → automatic medical notes Journalism: Interview recordings → article draft Education: Lecture recordings → study notes

Code Repository Upload — Game Changer!

Gemini-ൻ്റ് biggest developer feature:

New: ഒരു entire code repository Gemini-ൽ upload ചെയ്‌ത് analyze ചെയ്യൂ!

Limits:

• 1 folder per conversation
• Max 1,000 files
• Max 100MB folder size
• Directly device-ൽ നിന്ന് upload

Use ചെയ്‌ത് ചെയ്‌ത് ചെയ്‌ത് ചെയ്‌ത് ഇങ്ങനെ:

Gemini.google.com → + button → Upload folder →
"ഈ entire codebase review ചെയ്‌ത് security vulnerabilities identify ചെയ്‌ത്"

Kerala startup founders-ന് practical use:

• "ഈ React app-ൻ്റ് performance bottlenecks explain ചെയ്‌ത്"
• "ഈ Python backend-ൽ SQL injection vulnerabilities ഉണ്ടോ?"
• "ഈ codebase-ൻ്റ് architecture diagram create ചെയ്‌ത്"
• "ഈ functions-് test cases write ചെയ്‌ത്"

Workspace Custom Instructions — Expanded

Google Workspace-ൽ Gemini custom instructions ഇനി more surfaces-ൽ:

Before: Only Google Docs Now: Gmail, Sheets, Slides, Meet-ലും

Setup:

Google Workspace → Gemini Settings → Custom Instructions →
"Professional Malayalam responses prefer ചെയ്‌ത്.
Kerala business context-ൽ answer ചെയ്‌ത്.
Technical terms English-ൽ, explanations Malayalam-ൽ."

Practical benefit: ഒരിക്കൽ set ചെയ്‌ത് — every Gemini interaction automatically personalized!

Google Home — Gemini Improvements

Fixed issues (September update):

• Voice commands: Media + smart home combined commands ഇനി work ആകൂ
  • "Play Malayalam songs and dim the bedroom lights" — ഒരേ command-ൽ!
• Alarms: "Set alarm for 6 AM" — previously failed, ഇനി fixed
• Google Keep: "Add milk to my shopping list" — voice through Home speaker

Kerala smart home users:

• "OK Google, AC 22 degrees-ൽ set ചെയ്‌ത് bedroom light off ചെയ്‌ത്" — ഇനി single command!

Important: gemini-omni-flash-preview Deprecated

Alert: September 30, 2026-ഓടെ gemini-omni-flash-preview endpoint deprecated ആകൂ!

Developers ഇന്ന് migrate ചെയ്യൂ:

# Old (deprecated September 30)
model = "gemini-omni-flash-preview"

# New (use this)
model = "gemini-2.5-flash"  # or gemini-3.5-flash

Action: API usage check ചെയ്‌ത് old model references update ചെയ്‌ത് — production break ആകൂ September 30 after.

Gemini API — India Pricing

Free tier (developers):

• Gemini 2.5 Flash: 1M tokens/day free
• Gemini 3.5 Transcribe: 60 minutes/day free
• Image generation: 100 images/day free

Paid tier:

• Gemini 2.5 Pro: $0.00125/1K tokens input
• Gemini 3.5 Transcribe: $0.003/minute

India advantage: Rupee billing available — GST invoice കിട്ടൂ, TDS claim ചെയ്യൂ.

Gemini 3.5 Transcribe ഇന്ന് try ചെയ്‌ത് — Malayalam audio AI transcript ആക്കൂ! aistudio.google.com-ൽ free access. 🎙️✨