Ex-Googler suspects Project Astra voice got quantized and downgraded
joannejang · x · 2026-10-07
Joanne Jang, formerly of Google, publicly wonders whether Google quantized Project Astra's voice model, suggesting the Gemini Live voice experience may have noticeably degraded.
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