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Plaud Note Pro Launches In UAE For AI-Driven Workflows
The AI note taking brand’s latest device enters the Emirates as professionals look to automate meetings and capture insights.
Plaud has introduced its Plaud Note Pro in the UAE, bringing the flagship AI note-taking device to one of the region’s fastest-growing markets for digital productivity. The rollout positions the San Francisco-based company in a market pushing deep into automation under the National AI Strategy 2031, which aims to embed AI across every major sector.
The device targets professionals in law, healthcare, finance, and education — fields where high-context discussions often demand accurate, secure documentation. It records, transcribes, and summarizes conversations in real time, using a “press to highlight” function that lets users flag critical points as they happen. “For the first time, Plaud’s unique Press-to-highlight feature enables humans to signal to AI what matters most, achieving true human – AI alignment,” said Nathan Xu, Plaud’s Co-founder and CEO.
Powered by Plaud Intelligence 3.0, the Note Pro merges audio, text, and images into structured summaries. The system dynamically routes data through language models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google, offering Ask Plaud, a reference-based Q&A tool that grounds every answer in original recordings. The engine also includes over 3,000 templates and new multidimensional summaries that analyze meetings across several themes, from decisions to follow-up actions.
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Hardware specifications support that AI layer: The Note Pro uses four AI microphones with studio-grade pickup up to 16 feet, automatic mode switching between calls and meetings, and a 50-hour battery life. With compliance across SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR, and EN18031, Plaud is targeting enterprise and government clients that prioritize data control.
Already trusted by more than a million users worldwide, Plaud’s expansion into the GCC shows growing demand for practical AI tools that integrate into daily work. The company will showcase its lineup — including the Note Pro, Note, and NotePin — at GITEX 2025.
Pre-orders are open at uae.plaud.ai, with the Plaud App available on iOS and Android.
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Nano Banana 2 Arrives In MENA For Google Gemini Users
Google brings its latest image model to Gemini and Search, adding 4K output and tighter text control for regional users.
Google has opened access to Nano Banana 2 across the Middle East and North Africa, pushing its newest image model into everyday tools rather than keeping it inside the exclusive (and expensive) Pro tier.
The rollout spans the Google Gemini desktop and mobile apps, and extends to Google Search through Lens and AI Mode. Developers can also test it in preview via AI Studio and the Gemini API.
Nano Banana 2 runs on Gemini Flash, Google’s fast inference layer. The focus is speed, but also control. Users can export visuals from 512px up to 4K, adjusting aspect ratios for everything from vertical social posts to widescreen displays.
The model maintains character likeness across up to five figures and preserves fidelity for as many as 14 objects within a single workflow. This enables visual continuity across scenes, iterations, or edits — supporting projects like short films, storyboards, and multi-scene narratives. Text rendering has also been improved, delivering legible typography in mockups and greeting cards, with built-in translation and localization directly within images.
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Under the hood, the system taps Gemini’s broader knowledge base and pulls in real-time information and imagery from web search to render specific subjects more accurately. Lighting and fine detail have been upgraded, without slowing output.
By embedding the model inside Gemini and Search, Google is normalizing advanced image generation for a mass audience. In MENA, where startups and marketing teams are leaning heavily on AI to scale content across languages and borders, that shift lands at a practical moment.
The move also folds creative tooling deeper into search itself, so that image generation is no longer a separate workflow. It now sits right next to the query box.
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