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Microsoft will impose monthly hour limits on Xbox Cloud Gaming starting in November. Game Pass Ultimate, Premium, and Essential subscribers receive 15, 10, and 5 hours respectively before buying more. Players can also purchase cloud playtime without a Game Pass subscription.
Microsoft will cap Xbox Cloud Gaming hours by Game Pass tier starting in November, citing rising cloud costs. The change affects 4% of subscribers, who can buy extra time. Pricing details arrive in November.
Microsoft AI launched MAI-Transcribe-2, a speech recognition model that outperforms Gemini 3.5 Transcribe and GPT-Transcribe. The model is priced at $0.10 per audio hour through 2026, following early-bird price cuts of roughly 72%.
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