Granite Switch 4.1.1 — Update models like you update software

Back to Articles Granite Switch 4.1.1 — Update models like you update software Enterprise Article Published October 29, 2026 Upvote 11 +5 Kate Soule katesoule Follow ibm-granite Luis A Lastras GrizleeBer Follow ibm-granite Subhajit Chaudhury subhajit1412 Follow ibm-granite Abraham Daniels…

Back to Articles Granite Switch 4.1.1 — Update models like you update software Enterprise Article Published October 29, 2026 Upvote 11 +5 Kate Soule katesoule Follow ibm-granite Luis A Lastras GrizleeBer Follow ibm-granite Subhajit Chaudhury subhajit1412 Follow ibm-granite Abraham Daniels abedaniels Follow ibm-granite Just over a week ago, we released Granite Switch 4.1, showing that our modular Switch architecture lets you configure a language model with specialized, cache-efficient adapters — adding new expertise on a single endpoint. Granite Switch 4.1.1 is a patch release. The version number means what it means in software: fully backwards compatible with 4.1, no migration, incremental improvements under the hood. Updated Granite Speech ASR model — multilingual speech-to-text across 10 languages with native punctuation and capitalization, so transcripts are ready for downstream models without a formatting pass. Updated Decision adapter in granitelib-core — featuring improved overall performance on the Jev Decision Index test set. While we are excited about these new features, what is notable is the speed and efficiency with which our teams could release this update. Apart from training the new ASR model and Decision adapter, nothing was recomputed: the base model is untouched. You compose the latest adapters you want and deploy. This pattern can power far more than patch releases to an IBM-provided model. We're working on tutorials and an Adapter SDK so developers and third-party providers can build their own adapters — iterate on versions, test features, and ship updates the way you ship software. More soon. Until then, test out our latest models, and try out the new multilingual and punctuation capabilities powering our Speech-to-Decisions demo. Models mentioned in this article 3 Spaces mentioned in this article 1 Collections mentioned in this article 1 More from this author Granite Speech 5.0: Transcribe, Translate, and Attribute more Accurately and Faster 34 October 21, 2026 Granite Switch 4.1: Chat, Decisions, and Speech from One Endpoint 78 October 15, 2026 Community EditPreview Upload images, audio, and videos by dragging in the text input, pasting, or clicking here. Tap or paste here to upload images Comment · Sign up or log in to comment Upvote 11 Models mentioned in this article 3 Spaces mentioned in this article 1 Collections mentioned in this article 1

Source: Hugging Face — Published October 29, 2026 at 13:37 UTC — Category: Models