# xAI retires Grok transcription 1.0 and redirects requests to 2.0

_Published Sunday, October 4, 2026 at 4:18 AM EDT · AI · Latest · Tier 2 — Notable_

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xAI discontinued grok-voice-transcribe-1.0 on October 2 and automatically redirected requests using that model name to grok-voice-transcribe-2.0, according to an account published on note. Version 2.0 became available on September 17; the new change replaces the underlying model for existing API calls without requiring code changes.

The account cites xAI release notes describing higher accuracy at unchanged prices: $0.10 per hour for file transcription through REST and $0.20 per hour for streaming. Transcription changes can carry into summaries, speaker assignments and task extraction. The documentation reviewed offered no comparison values or measurement conditions for Japanese meeting audio.

## Sources

- [note](https://note.com/noahs_nalog/n/nc38eb9ac8209?hl=en)

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