Deprecated · removal date not published
AssemblyAI marks this model as deprecated. No removal date is published in this notice. New sign-ups, and accounts that have not used Universal-3 Pro in the last 7 days.
- Hosting route
- First-party API
- Affected scope
- New sign-ups, and accounts that have not used Universal-3 Pro in the last 7 days
- Replacement
- Use speech_models: ["universal-3-5-pro", "universal-2"]
- Announced
- Jul 10, 2026
- First seen by ModelClock
- Oct 23, 2026
What the provider published
assemblyai.com ↗# Deprecated: universal-3-pro and universal for New and Inactive Accounts
New sign-ups, and accounts that have not used Universal-3 Pro in the last 7 days, can no longer request universal-3-pro or universal in speech_models . These requests return an error:…
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New sign-ups, and accounts that have not used Universal-3 Pro in the last 7 days, can no longer request
universal-3-prooruniversalinspeech_models. These requests return an error:The universal-3-pro speech model(s) have been deprecated. Use speech_models: ["universal-3-5-pro", "universal-2"] instead.Accounts actively using Universal-3 Pro keep access until the August 7 default switch. Read the docs on selecting a speech model →
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