What Aqua changed

• Launched a new Android application, making the product available on all major platforms.
• Updated the core transcription engine to Avalon, claiming 97.4% accuracy compared to Whisper Large v3's 65.1% on technical terms.
• Redesigned the homepage to focus on specific app integrations like Claude Code, Slack, Gmail, and WhatsApp.
• Simplified the primary headline from "We’ve typed for 150 years. It’s time to speak" to "Talk into your apps."
• Added a new "Voice Coding" resource section to target the developer market more aggressively.

Aqua is expanding its reach to mobile users and significantly improving its technical transcription accuracy. The new Avalon model claims to outperform industry standards like Whisper for technical terms, making it a stronger tool for developers.

• Added a "20% off" label for annual billing.
• Added specific pricing for the Pro plan: $8/month billed annually.
• Added specific pricing for the Max plan: $24/month billed annually.
• Added specific pricing for the Business plan: $19/seat/month billed annually.
• Updated the hero section text to include more examples of voice-to-text use cases.

The competitor is shifting from a simple feature list to a clear pricing structure. By adding annual billing and a discount, they are trying to lock in users for longer periods and improve their cash flow.

• Added a new link for "Aqua CLI" to the Features section in the website footer.
• Linked the new feature to a documentation page at /docs/cli.

Aqua is expanding its toolset for technical users. By adding a CLI, they are making it easier for developers to use voice-to-text directly within their terminal and coding workflows.