{"schema":"postcutoff/event@1","as_of":"2026-10-16T13:22:00+02:00","url":"https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-10-15-openai-gpt-live-1-1-voice-update/","md":"https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-10-15-openai-gpt-live-1-1-voice-update/index.md","disclosure":{"written_by":"AI agents (Claude Opus 5.5 in Claude Code)","editor":"human editor","policy":"https://postcutoff.com/about/"},"license":null,"id":"2026-10-15-openai-gpt-live-1-1-voice-update","date":"2026-10-15","date_precision":"day","short_title":"OpenAI ships GPT-Live-1.1","deck":"New voices in six languages, better accents and less \"checking...\" in ChatGPT, Codex and dots","takeaway":null,"category":"model-release","category_label":"Model releases","importance":3,"confidence":"high","status":{"key":"confirmed","labels":["Confirmed"]},"sources":[{"n":1,"title":"OpenAI on X - GPT-Live-1.1 announcement (Oct 15)","url":"https://x.com/OpenAI/status/2110797830361436604","type":"official","group":"primary","domain":"x.com"},{"n":2,"title":"ChatGPT release notes (OpenAI Help Center)","url":"https://help.openai.com/en/articles/6825453-chatgpt-release-notes","type":"docs","group":"primary","domain":"help.openai.com"},{"n":3,"title":"Xataka - GPT-Live-1.1 ahora va a por uno de sus puntos débiles (Oct 15)","url":"https://www.xataka.com/robotica-e-ia/chatgpt-tenia-algunas-voces-naturales-ia-gpt-live-1-1-ahora-va-a-uno-sus-puntos-debiles","type":"press","group":"press","domain":"xataka.com"},{"n":4,"title":"OneDigital - ChatGPT Voice estrena las voces mexicanas Tinta y Arrullo con GPT-Live-1.1 (Oct 15)","url":"https://onedigital.mx/2026/10/15/chatgpt-voice-voces-mexicanas-gpt-live-1-1/","type":"press","group":"press","domain":"onedigital.mx"},{"n":5,"title":"Notebookcheck - GPT-Live-1.1 brings new voices for six languages","url":"https://www.notebookcheck.net/ChatGPT-Voice-GPT-Live-1-1-brings-new-voices-for-six-languages.1425810.0.html","type":"press","group":"press","domain":"notebookcheck.net"},{"n":6,"title":"note.com - New Japanese voices Himari and Rindo (Oct 16, Japanese)","url":"https://note.com/claudegptai/n/n4fa9e92d21d6","type":"press","group":"press","domain":"note.com"},{"n":7,"title":"OpenAI on YouTube - GPT-Live-1.1 has new voices and better accents.","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyO8Ao7yKJc","type":"video","group":"reactions","domain":"youtube.com"},{"n":8,"title":"Justin Uberti (OpenAI) on X - multilingual support, delegation, steerability","url":"https://x.com/juberti/status/2110811122672795951","type":"discussion","group":"reactions","domain":"x.com"},{"n":9,"title":"TestingCatalog on X (Oct 15)","url":"https://x.com/testingcatalog/status/2110801529896665188","type":"discussion","group":"reactions","domain":"x.com"}],"official":2,"filed":"2026-10-16","updated":"2026-10-16","orgs":["OpenAI"],"title":"OpenAI ships GPT-Live-1.1: new voices in six languages, better accents and less \"checking...\" in ChatGPT, Codex and dots","summary":"On 2026-10-15 OpenAI began rolling out GPT-Live-1.1, the first update to its full-duplex GPT-Live voice model (July 2026), to Voice in ChatGPT, Codex and dots for all users, with a smaller GPT-Live-1.1 Quip replacing GPT-Live-1 mini. It adds new voices in French, German, Hindi, Mexican Spanish, Korean and Japanese, more natural accents and more varied filler phrases instead of the repeated \"checking...\"; API access is \"coming soon\" (the API still serves gpt-live-1).","key_facts":["Announced by @OpenAI on X on 2026-10-15 (18:19 UTC) with a 41-second video, also on OpenAI's YouTube channel; ~1.25M views on X by 2026-10-16","OpenAI: \"New voices. Better accents. And less 'checking...'\"; rolling out to all users; \"Coming soon to the API\"","Products: Voice in ChatGPT, Codex and dots (Justin Uberti, OpenAI's Head of Realtime AI, lists ChatGPT Voice, Desktop and Dots)","New voices in French, German, Hindi, Mexican Spanish, Korean and Japanese; press also reports a new English voice, Bubbie","Named new voices (press): Mexican Spanish Tinta and Arrullo (OneDigital); Japanese Himari and Rindo (note.com)","GPT-Live-1.1 Quip: smaller model released alongside it (per the ChatGPT release notes as reported by OneDigital, Xataka and note.com)","Justin Uberti: \"much better multilingual support (including several new voices), more natural delegation, and improved steerability\"","Daily Live limits reported from the release notes (note.com): Free limited Quip, Go 3 h Quip, Plus 3 h GPT-Live-1.1, Pro $100 15 h, Pro $200 unlimited, Business Standard 3 h then credits","API not yet updated: gpt-live-1 (GA 2026-09-10, $0.05/min) remains the API model; no gpt-live-1.1 model page as of 2026-10-16"],"key_numbers":[],"tags":["voice","speech","full-duplex","chatgpt","codex","gpt-live","multilingual"],"science":null,"body_md":"## What happened\n\nOn Oct 15, 2026 OpenAI posted on X: \"New voices. Better accents. And less 'checking...' GPT-Live-1.1 brings these updates to Voice\nin ChatGPT, Codex, and dots, with new voices in French, German, Hindi, Mexican Spanish, Korean, and Japanese. Rolling out today to\nall users. Coming soon to the API.\" The same 41-second clip went up on OpenAI's YouTube channel.\n\nThere was no openai.com blog post (the openai.com news RSS has no GPT-Live item for Oct 13–15). The ChatGPT release notes on\nhelp.openai.com describe the change, but they returned HTTP 403 to our fetchers. Their content here comes from press that quotes them:\n- Xataka and note.com say accents in each language sound more natural, and Live uses a wider variety of short phrases while it searches.\n- OneDigital adds better handling of mixed-language speech and of letter-and-number input.\n- Xataka, OneDigital and note.com all say a smaller **GPT-Live-1.1 Quip** model ships alongside. In the reported plan table it takes the place GPT-Live-1 mini had for Free and Go users.\n\nJustin Uberti, OpenAI's Head of Realtime AI, wrote that 1.1 \"offers much better multilingual support (including several new voices),\nmore natural delegation, and improved steerability\", rolling out to ChatGPT Voice, Desktop and Dots.\n\nThe press reports several new voices:\n- an English voice called Bubbie (Xataka, OneDigital);\n- Mexican Spanish voices Tinta and Arrullo, recorded with professional voice actors (OneDigital);\n- Japanese voices Himari and Rindo (note.com).\n\nVoices vary by region and account, and the rollout is gradual. A summary thread by @AGTPinsights says OpenAI staff mentioned \"13 new voices\"\nacross ChatGPT, Codex and dots and one unannounced \"surprise\" voice. We have not found the staff posts themselves, so that count is unverified.\nUser reactions in the replies were mixed: people praised the accents and the fewer pauses, but some said the Chinese voice is still\naccented and that Mexican Spanish is the only new Spanish accent (per the AGTP summary).\n\n## Why it matters\n\nThis is the first point release of the GPT-Live family. It targets the weaknesses reviewers noticed at launch, such as a strong American accent in\nnon-English speech and repetitive \"let me check\" fillers while the model delegates work to its backend model. It also confirms that one voice model now\nserves ChatGPT, Codex and the dots personal agents. 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