diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 776de8841..0c0cf53b2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - Added a `flush_audio()` method to `AzureTTSService` and `FishTTSService`.
 
-- Added `set_language()` and `set_model()` to `AzureSTTService`.
+- Added `set_language()` and `set_model()` to `AzureSTTService` and
+  `AssemblySTTService`.
 
 - Added `on_user_turn_audio_data` and `on_bot_turn_audio_data` to
   `AudioBufferProcessor`. This gives the ability to grab the audio of only that
diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/assemblyai.py b/src/pipecat/services/assemblyai.py
index 94f081c5b..49665de4e 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/assemblyai.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/assemblyai.py
@@ -57,6 +57,17 @@ class AssemblyAISTTService(STTService):
         logger.info(f"Switching STT language to: [{language}]")
         self._settings["language"] = language
 
+    async def set_model(self, model: str):
+        """Set the speech recognition model name for metrics.
+
+        Args:
+            model: Model name for metrics tracking
+        """
+        self.set_model_name(model)
+        logger.info(
+            f"Set model name to '{model}' for metrics (AssemblyAI real-time API doesn't support model selection)"
+        )
+
     async def start(self, frame: StartFrame):
         await super().start(frame)
         await self._connect()
@@ -90,7 +101,6 @@ class AssemblyAISTTService(STTService):
         This method sets up the necessary callback functions and initializes the
         AssemblyAI transcriber.
         """
-
         if self._transcriber:
             return