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Nova-3

Capability changeCapability change announced Sep 24, 2026

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Capability change

Capability change announced Sep 24, 2026

Deepgram documents a capability change: “Nova-3 Improved Models for Flemish, German (Switzerland), Lithuanian, and Portuguese We have released improved Nova-3 monolingual models for four existing…”

Hosting route
First-party API
Affected scope
all users
Announced
Sep 24, 2026
First seen by ModelClock
Oct 3, 2026

What the provider published

developers.deepgram.com ↗

Nova-3 Improved Models for Flemish, German (Switzerland), Lithuanian, and Portuguese

We have released improved Nova-3 monolingual models for four existing languages. These updates enhance transcription quality for batch and streaming workloads.

Improved models

Batch and streaming models

  • German (Switzerland) (de-CH)
  • Portuguese (pt, pt-BR, pt-PT)
  • Lithuanian (lt)

Streaming models

  • Flemish (nl-BE)

You do not need to change your API requests to access the improvements to existing languages; the updates are live for all users.

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API availability

Available in the API since Sep 17, 2026

Deepgram announced API availability for this model on 2026-09-17.

This date applies to API availability. Rollouts in consumer products or other hosting routes can happen on different dates.

Hosting route
First-party API
Affected scope
Not stated in the notice
Announced
Sep 17, 2026
First seen by ModelClock
Oct 3, 2026

What the provider published

developers.deepgram.com ↗

Nova-3 Pharma is now available through our API.

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Capability change

Capability change announced Sep 3, 2026

Deepgram documents a capability change: “Nova-3 Adds Kazakh, Plus Improved Models for Estonian, Hebrew, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, and Polish We have added Kazakh as a new Nova-3…”

Hosting route
First-party API
Affected scope
batch and streaming
Announced
Sep 3, 2026
First seen by ModelClock
Oct 3, 2026

What the provider published

developers.deepgram.com ↗

Nova-3 Adds Kazakh, Plus Improved Models for Estonian, Hebrew, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, and Polish

We have added Kazakh as a new Nova-3 language and released improved Nova-3 monolingual models for seven existing languages. These updates expand language coverage and enhance transcription quality for batch and streaming workloads.

New language

  • Kazakh (kk, kk-KZ) — available for batch and streaming.

Access this language by setting model="nova-3" and language="kk" in your request.

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Release announced

Released on Aug 27, 2026

Deepgram announced this model on 2026-08-27.

Hosting route
First-party API
Affected scope
Not stated in the notice
Announced
Aug 27, 2026
First seen by ModelClock
Oct 3, 2026

What the provider published

developers.deepgram.com ↗

We have added Assamese, Mongolian, and Pashto as new Nova-3 languages and released improved Nova-3 monolingual models for several existing languages.

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Capability change

Capability change announced Aug 17, 2026

Deepgram documents a capability change: “Nova-3 Adds Afrikaans and Georgian, Plus Improved Models for Hungarian, Macedonian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, and Urdu We have added Afrikaans and…”

Hosting route
First-party API
Affected scope
Languages: ru, sk, sl, ur
Announced
Aug 17, 2026
First seen by ModelClock
Oct 3, 2026

What the provider published

developers.deepgram.com ↗

Nova-3 Adds Afrikaans and Georgian, Plus Improved Models for Hungarian, Macedonian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, and Urdu

We have added Afrikaans and Georgian as new Nova-3 languages and released improved Nova-3 monolingual models for several existing languages. These updates expand language coverage and enhance transcription quality for batch and streaming workloads.

🆕 New languages

  • Afrikaans (af, af-ZA) — available for batch and streaming.
  • Georgian (ka, ka-GE) — available for batch and streaming.

Access these languages by setting model="nova-3" and the relevant language code in your request.

Improved models

Batch and streaming models

  • Russian (ru)
  • Slovak (sk)
  • Slovenian (sl)
  • Urdu (ur)

Streaming models

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Capability change

Capability change announced Aug 17, 2026

Deepgram documents a capability change: “Nova-3 Adds Afrikaans and Georgian, Plus Improved Models for Hungarian, Macedonian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, and Urdu We have added Afrikaans and…”

Hosting route
First-party API
Affected scope
Languages: af, af-ZA, ka, ka-GE
Announced
Aug 17, 2026
First seen by ModelClock
Oct 3, 2026

What the provider published

developers.deepgram.com ↗

Nova-3 Adds Afrikaans and Georgian, Plus Improved Models for Hungarian, Macedonian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, and Urdu

We have added Afrikaans and Georgian as new Nova-3 languages and released improved Nova-3 monolingual models for several existing languages. These updates expand language coverage and enhance transcription quality for batch and streaming workloads.

🆕 New languages

  • Afrikaans (af, af-ZA) — available for batch and streaming.
  • Georgian (ka, ka-GE) — available for batch and streaming.

Access these languages by setting model="nova-3" and the relevant language code in your request.

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Release announced

Released on Aug 17, 2026

Deepgram announced this model on 2026-08-17.

Hosting route
First-party API
Affected scope
Not stated in the notice
Announced
Aug 17, 2026
First seen by ModelClock
Oct 3, 2026

What the provider published

developers.deepgram.com ↗

We have added Afrikaans and Georgian as new Nova-3 languages and released improved Nova-3 monolingual models for several existing languages.

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Capability change

Capability change announced Aug 12, 2026

Deepgram documents a capability change: “> Deepgram Self-Hosted release 260812 brings Flux TTS to self-hosted deployments in Early Access on the new /v2/speak endpoint, and adds Nova-3 support for…”

Hosting route
First-party API
Affected scope
Not stated in the notice
Announced
Aug 12, 2026
First seen by ModelClock
Oct 3, 2026

What the provider published

developers.deepgram.com ↗

Deepgram Self-Hosted release 260812 brings Flux TTS to self-hosted deployments in Early Access on the new /v2/speak endpoint, and adds Nova-3 support for Nepali and Punjabi.

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Capability change

Capability change announced Aug 10, 2026

Deepgram documents a capability change: “Nova-3 Adds Armenian, Plus Improved Models for Tamil, Indonesian, and Belarusian We have added Armenian as a new Nova-3 language and released improved…”

Hosting route
First-party API
Affected scope
Languages: ta, id, be
Announced
Aug 10, 2026
First seen by ModelClock
Oct 3, 2026

What the provider published

developers.deepgram.com ↗

Nova-3 Adds Armenian, Plus Improved Models for Tamil, Indonesian, and Belarusian

We have added Armenian as a new Nova-3 language and released improved Nova-3 monolingual models for several existing languages. These updates expand language coverage and enhance transcription quality for both batch and streaming workloads.

🆕 New language

  • Armenian (hy) — available for batch and streaming. Access it by setting model="nova-3" and language="hy" in your request.

✨ Improved models

Batch models

  • Tamil (ta)
  • Indonesian (id)

Streaming models

  • Tamil (ta)
  • Belarusian (be)

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Capability change

Capability change announced Aug 10, 2026

Deepgram documents a capability change: “Nova-3 Adds Armenian, Plus Improved Models for Tamil, Indonesian, and Belarusian We have added Armenian as a new Nova-3 language and released improved…”

Hosting route
First-party API
Affected scope
batch and streaming
Announced
Aug 10, 2026
First seen by ModelClock
Oct 3, 2026

What the provider published

developers.deepgram.com ↗

Nova-3 Adds Armenian, Plus Improved Models for Tamil, Indonesian, and Belarusian

We have added Armenian as a new Nova-3 language and released improved Nova-3 monolingual models for several existing languages. These updates expand language coverage and enhance transcription quality for both batch and streaming workloads.

🆕 New language

  • Armenian (hy) — available for batch and streaming. Access it by setting model="nova-3" and language="hy" in your request.

✨ Improved models

Batch models

  • Tamil (ta)
  • Indonesian (id)

Streaming models

  • Tamil (ta)
  • Belarusian (be)

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Capability change

Capability change announced Aug 5, 2026

Deepgram documents a capability change: “Nova-3 Model Update 🌏 Nova-3 monolingual models now support Punjabi and Nepali with the following language codes: Punjabi: pa, pa-IN Nepali: ne Batch and…”

Hosting route
First-party API
Affected scope
Languages: pa, pa-IN, ne
Announced
Aug 5, 2026
First seen by ModelClock
Oct 3, 2026

What the provider published

developers.deepgram.com ↗

Nova-3 Model Update

🌏 Nova-3 monolingual models now support Punjabi and Nepali with the following language codes:

  • Punjabi: pa, pa-IN
  • Nepali: ne

Batch and streaming models are both available for these languages.

Access this model by setting model="nova-3" and the relevant language code in your request.

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Capability change

Capability change announced May 13, 2026

Deepgram documents a capability change: “Nova-3 Portuguese Model Update Improved Nova-3 Portuguese Model We’ve enhanced the Nova-3 Portuguese model with improved transcription accuracy across…”

Hosting route
First-party API
Affected scope
Languages: pt, pt-BR, pt-PT
Announced
May 13, 2026
First seen by ModelClock
Oct 3, 2026

What the provider published

developers.deepgram.com ↗

Nova-3 Portuguese Model Update

Improved Nova-3 Portuguese Model

We’ve enhanced the Nova-3 Portuguese model with improved transcription accuracy across Portuguese language variants, including Brazilian Portuguese (pt-BR) and European Portuguese (pt-PT).

To use the updated model, set model="nova-3" and use one of the supported Portuguese language codes:

  • language="pt"
  • language="pt-BR"
  • language="pt-PT"

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Capability change

Capability change announced Apr 23, 2026

Deepgram documents a capability change: “Nova-3 Model Update 🌏 Nova-3 now supports Gujarati with the following language codes: Gujarati: gu, gu-IN Access this model by setting model="nova-3" and…”

Hosting route
First-party API
Affected scope
Languages: gu, gu-IN
Announced
Apr 23, 2026
First seen by ModelClock
Oct 3, 2026

What the provider published

developers.deepgram.com ↗

Nova-3 Model Update

🌏 Nova-3 now supports Gujarati with the following language codes:

  • Gujarati: gu, gu-IN

Access this model by setting model="nova-3" and the relevant language code in your request.

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Capability change

Capability change announced Mar 31, 2026

Deepgram documents a capability change: “Nova-3 Model Update 🌏 Nova-3 now supports the following new languages and language codes: Chinese (Mandarin, Simplified): zh, zh-CN, zh-Hans Chinese…”

Hosting route
First-party API
Affected scope
Languages: zh, zh-CN, zh-Hans, zh-TW, zh-Hant
Announced
Mar 31, 2026
First seen by ModelClock
Oct 3, 2026

What the provider published

developers.deepgram.com ↗

Nova-3 Model Update

🌏 Nova-3 now supports the following new languages and language codes:

  • Chinese (Mandarin, Simplified): zh, zh-CN, zh-Hans
  • Chinese (Mandarin, Traditional): zh-TW, zh-Hant

Access these models by setting model="nova-3" and the relevant language code in your request.

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Capability change

Capability change announced Mar 17, 2026

Deepgram documents a capability change: “Nova-3 Model Update 🌏 Nova-3 now supports the following new languages and language codes: Chinese (Cantonese, Traditional): zh-HK Thai: th, th-TH 🚀 Also…”

Hosting route
First-party API
Affected scope
Languages: zh-HK, th, th-TH, bn, mr, ta, te
Announced
Mar 17, 2026
First seen by ModelClock
Oct 3, 2026

What the provider published

developers.deepgram.com ↗

Nova-3 Model Update

🌏 Nova-3 now supports the following new languages and language codes:

  • Chinese (Cantonese, Traditional): zh-HK
  • Thai: th, th-TH

🚀 Also releasing improved Nova-3 models for the following languages:

  • Bengali (bn)
  • Marathi (mr)
  • Tamil (ta)
  • Telugu (te)

Access these models by setting model="nova-3" and the relevant language code in your request.

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