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ElevenLabsEleven v4 familyCurrentSpeech and audioReleased 28 Sep 2026

Eleven v4 / Eleven v4 Turbo

ElevenLabs’ newest, most expressive TTS (eleven_v4); eleven_v4_turbo for agents/real time. Successor to Eleven v3.

Model ideleven_v4

Price$0.08 per 1K characters

Checked14 October 2026

Where it stands

14newer speech and audio models since its release

The 5 newest are listed. All speech and audio models

Before it from ElevenLabs
Eleven v3 Conversational19 Aug 2026
After it from ElevenLabs
Eleven Realtime v1 Max / Mini20 Oct 2026
Weights
Closed weights; access is hosted only.

How to call it

6 ways to use Eleven v4 / Eleven v4 Turbo, with the model id each provider expects.

Providers, model ids, endpoints and docs for Eleven v4 / Eleven v4 Turbo
ProviderModel idEndpointDocs
ElevenLabs API eleven_v4 https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/text-to-speech/{voice_id} elevenlabs.io
ElevenLabs API eleven_v4_turbo https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/text-to-speech/{voice_id} elevenlabs.io
fal elevenlabs/tts/eleven-v4 fal.ai
fal elevenlabs/tts/eleven-v4-turbo fal.ai
Web app (ElevenCreative) elevenlabs.io
Landing page / demos elevenlabs.io

Pricing

Prices for Eleven v4 / Eleven v4 Turbo
Per 1K characters$0.08
Per 1K characters, Turbo$0.04
Promo ended2026-10-12

As published: “per 1K characters, list price for eleven_v4 (eleven_v4_turbo $0.04/1K). The 72% launch promo ($0.022 / $0.011 per 1K) ended on 2026-10-12; the pricing page showed list prices with no discount label when checked on 2026-10-14”.

Source: elevenlabs.io, checked 14 October 2026.

Specs

Input
Text
Output
Audio
Context window
Not published
Max output
Not published
Open weights
No
Licence
Proprietary
Released
28 September 2026
Status
Current
Type
Speech and audio

What stands out

What its maker marketed at launch, and what people found later, each with its source.

  • Context-aware “performed” delivery (new architecture)

    Entirely new TTS architecture that ‘reads a script the way a voice actor would’, interpreting tone, pacing, emotion, character and context; preferred by ~75% of listeners (65-81% range) in blind head-to-head tests vs Cartesia Sonic 3.6, Inworld TTS-2, Gemini TTS, xAI TTS and GPT-4o mini TTS.

    Source: elevenlabs.io

  • #1 on Artificial Analysis TTS arena

    Took #1 on the Artificial Analysis Provider Voice TTS Arena (Elo ~1315-1319 at launch, ahead of Cartesia Sonic 3.6 at 1275 and Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS at 1267) and #1 on AA’s Pronunciation Robustness benchmark, #2 on Controlled Voice.

    Source: artificialanalysis.ai

  • Real-time Turbo variant (~100 ms)

    eleven_v4_turbo: ~100 ms median inference latency, ~150 ms median time to first speech (vs Cartesia Sonic 3.6 262 ms, GPT-4o mini TTS 814 ms per ElevenLabs), for voice agents.

    Source: elevenlabs.io

  • Cross-lingual native accent, 90+ languages

    90+ languages (new: Cantonese, Mongolian, Odia); when target language differs from the reference voice, v4 speaks with a fluent native accent instead of carrying over the source accent.

    Source: elevenlabs.io

  • Inline tags incl. sound effects and free-text direction

    Inline tags direct delivery, emotion, pacing, reactions, SFX and style, e.g. [laughs], [said angrily in French accent], [light rain], [phone buzzing], [quick, light, playful pace].

    Source: elevenlabs.io

  • Voice cloning from 10 s, PVC support restored

    Instant Voice Clones from ~10 s of audio (docs still recommend 1-2 min); Professional Voice Clones supported again (not available on v3); speaker identity kept across regenerations/long-form.

    Source: elevenlabs.io

  • IPA pronunciation control

    Pronunciation control with IPA support; more natural multi-speaker dialogue.

    Source: youtube.com

Notes

Launched 2026-09-28 (blog, YouTube 07:01 PT, X) in ElevenAgents, ElevenCreative and ElevenAPI, incl. free tier. eleven_v4: 10,000 chars/request; eleven_v4_turbo: no char limit listed on models page. Output formats MP3, WAV/PCM, u-law. Limitations: no Style/Speed sliders, no SSML (Stability + Similarity only); Voice Design voices may perform worse than with earlier models. Launch promo also: v4 free for Creator+ plans in ElevenCreative up to 2x monthly credits for two weeks. Third-party: on fal since launch day (fal X post https://x.com/fal/status/2104630460542325071): elevenlabs/tts/eleven-v4 at $0.08/1K chars and elevenlabs/tts/eleven-v4-turbo at $0.04/1K chars, the ElevenLabs list prices (fal model pages, checked 2026-09-29). Research led by Piotr Dabkowski (per press).

curl -X POST "https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/text-to-speech/$VOICE_ID" -H "xi-api-key: $ELEVENLABS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"text":"[laughs] Well... I did not expect that!","model_id":"eleven_v4"}' -o out.mp3

Launch videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th_tXR2QQ6U (ElevenLabs), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QHFkK2MTcw (ElevenLabs Developers).

Sources: https://elevenlabs.io/blog/eleven-v4 , https://elevenlabs.io/v4 , https://elevenlabs.io/docs/models , https://elevenlabs.io/pricing/api , https://x.com/ElevenLabs/status/2104572127617994917 , https://x.com/ElevenLabs/status/2104572138347004161 , https://x.com/ArtificialAnlys/status/2104578736687653293

Changelog

  • 2026-10-14: launch promo ended; pricing page shows list prices $0.08 / $0.04 per 1K characters (checked elevenlabs.io/pricing/api)
  • 2026-09-29: added fal access rows (elevenlabs/tts/eleven-v4, eleven-v4-turbo) with prices from fal model pages