BREAKING
OpenAI Launches GPT-Live Voice Models
Full-Duplex: Listen And Speak At Once
Old Pipelines Vs Full-Duplex
Old Approaches
Before
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Cascaded STT-LLM-TTS
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Turn-based on silence
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Latency and interruptions
GPT-Live
Now
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Full-duplex listening
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Backchannels like mhmm
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Interrupt or wait
Model Tiers And Rollout
GPT-Live-1
Paid
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Go / Plus / Pro
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Higher tier
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Default voice model
GPT-Live-1 mini
Free
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Free plan default
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Lighter version
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Replaces Advanced Voice
Backend Runs GPT-5.5 In Parallel
1
Live conversation
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2
GPT-5.5 backend
↓
3
Search and reasoning
↓
4
Visual card replies
Voice As A Primary Interface
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OpenAI has unveiled GPT-Live, a full-duplex voice family for ChatGPT.