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Voice dictation, embedded ripgrep code search, status line cost metrics, and UTF-8 encoding fixes

Wednesday, 26 August 2026

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Written by AI from the official notes. Check them for exact details.

New voice dictation feature added along with improved code search and cost tracking metrics.

Introduced /voice dictation for speech-to-text input.
Added cost tracking to monitor token spending in sessions.
Bundled embedded ripgrep for faster and consistent code searches.
Improved permission suggestions for script runners.
Fixed UTF-8 encoding issues in file edits and responses.

Why it matters: Users who rely on voice input and code search will benefit from these enhancements and fixes.

Official notes on antigravity.google

Full release notes11 changes

Adds /voice dictation with mic-serve SSH forwarding, embedded ripgrep for consistent agent code search, custom status line cost tracking, granular script runner permission suggestions, and UTF-8 file editing and MCP error fixes.

Added /voice dictation to transcribe speech directly into the prompt with f5 and /voice toggle shortcuts, introduced the mic-serve subcommand to forward a local microphone over SSH, and improved quota messaging for concurrent stream limits.
Added a cost field to the status line data model, exposing unrounded estimated session costs to track running token spend.
Improved agent code search by bundling an embedded ripgrep binary instead of invoking external system binaries, increasing search performance and cross-platform consistency.
Improved the always-proceed permission mode to auto-approve MCP tool calls and page reads without prompting.
Improved allow-always permission suggestions for script runners (npm run, yarn, pnpm, cargo run) by scoping approvals to specific script names.
Improved conversation titles by generating them automatically on creation, providing meaningful session names in the resume picker.
Improved error diagnostics when an MCP server configured for Google credentials cannot locate Application Default Credentials (ADC).
Fixed corrupted file edits in documents containing non-ASCII text (CJK characters, accented letters, emoji) caused by inexact offset matches producing invalid UTF-8.
Fixed sessions stalling mid-response when a tool result or file diff contained invalid UTF-8.
Fixed file writes being reported as failures after successfully saving to disk, preventing unnecessary agent retry loops on large files and notebooks.
Fixed precedence resolution so explicitly configured skill and plugin paths take priority over automatically discovered customizations during name collisions.

Full release notes11 changes

Added /voice dictation to transcribe speech directly into the prompt with f5 and /voice toggle shortcuts, introduced the mic-serve subcommand to forward a local microphone over SSH, and improved quota messaging for concurrent stream limits.
Added a cost field to the status line data model, exposing unrounded estimated session costs to track running token spend.
Improved agent code search by bundling an embedded ripgrep binary instead of invoking external system binaries, increasing search performance and cross-platform consistency.
Improved the always-proceed permission mode to auto-approve MCP tool calls and page reads without prompting.
Improved allow-always permission suggestions for script runners (npm run, yarn, pnpm, cargo run) by scoping approvals to specific script names.
Improved conversation titles by generating them automatically on creation, providing meaningful session names in the resume picker.
Improved error diagnostics when an MCP server configured for Google credentials cannot locate Application Default Credentials (ADC).
Fixed corrupted file edits in documents containing non-ASCII text (CJK characters, accented letters, emoji) caused by inexact offset matches producing invalid UTF-8.
Fixed sessions stalling mid-response when a tool result or file diff contained invalid UTF-8.
Fixed file writes being reported as failures after successfully saving to disk, preventing unnecessary agent retry loops on large files and notebooks.
Fixed precedence resolution so explicitly configured skill and plugin paths take priority over automatically discovered customizations during name collisions.