OpenAI to Retire ChatGPT Advanced and Standard Voice on Dec. 11
OpenAI will shut down ChatGPT's Advanced and Standard voice modes on December 11, 2026, consolidating its voice experience around the newer GPT-Live model.
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giftdetect· the right gift in minutesOpenAI will retire ChatGPT's Advanced and Standard voice modes on December 11, 2026. The company says it is unifying the voice experience around GPT-Live, the voice model it introduced earlier this year.
GPT-Live, a rival to Google's Gemini Live, arrived as a third option next to Advanced and Standard voice, giving users three separate ways to talk to the chatbot. OpenAI is now cutting that back to one.
Usage nearly doubled
According to OpenAI, voice usage has nearly doubled since GPT-Live launched, and almost everyone using voice in ChatGPT is already on the new model. That adoption is the basis for the move. The San Francisco-based company also says it plans to bring features from Advanced and Standard voice over to GPT-Live.
Advanced voice lingers for video and screen sharing
Advanced voice will not disappear entirely on the shutdown date. OpenAI will keep using it for live video and screen sharing, which GPT-Live does not yet support. Once GPT-Live gains those capabilities, Advanced voice will be retired there too.
OpenAI has not given a timeframe for when live video and screen sharing will reach GPT-Live.
What it means for users
People who still use Standard or Advanced voice for everyday conversation will need to move to GPT-Live after December 11. Anyone who depends on camera-based or screen-sharing conversations can keep using Advanced voice for those until the newer model catches up. For OpenAI, a single voice model means one experience to maintain and improve rather than three.
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