# distil-whisper-large-v3-en

Calls to the model distil-whisper-large-v3-en on Groq stopped working on August 23, 2025.

- API: Groq (api.groq.com)
- Model: distil-whisper-large-v3-en
- Kind: Model retirement
- Takes effect: August 23, 2025
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `model distil-whisper-large-v3-en`
- Source: [Deprecations page](https://console.groq.com/docs/deprecations)
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/models/groq/distil-whisper-large-v3-en/

## What to use instead

Move to whisper-large-v3-turbo, recommended by Groq.