OpenAI to Retire ChatGPT Advanced and Standard Voice
Users will be moved to GPT-Live voice mode when the older voice options are discontinued on December 11.
Updated on Nov. 11, 2026 in Artificial Intelligence
OpenAI announced on Tuesday that ChatGPT's Advanced and Standard voice options will be discontinued on December 11, 2026. Users of those modes will automatically move to Live voice, and past conversations will remain in their chat history.
Why it matters
The change lets OpenAI simplify its voice experience and focus development on GPT-Live, its latest voice model introduced in July. Voice usage has nearly doubled since GPT-Live launched, and virtually all voice users have already moved to it.
GPT-Live can listen and speak at the same time and can connect with OpenAI's advanced text models in the background to handle complex requests. Live video and screen-sharing remain powered by Advanced voice until GPT-Live supports them, with no date given for that transition.
The players
OpenAI
OpenAI is the artificial intelligence company that develops the ChatGPT chatbot and the GPT family of language models, including GPT-Live.
The details
Advanced voice processed audio but waited for users to stop speaking before responding. Standard voice chained three separate models to convert speech to text, generate a response, and convert it back to audio. Custom GPT voice conversations will keep using Advanced voice until December 11, and the Advanced and Standard options will disappear from Settings > Voice.
Timeline
July: OpenAI introduced GPT-Live as its latest voice model.
Tuesday, November 11, 2026: OpenAI announced the discontinuation of Advanced and Standard voice.
December 11, 2026: Advanced and Standard voice are discontinued and users move to Live voice.
The Tech Race
The retirement consolidates ChatGPT onto GPT-Live, OpenAI's July 2026 voice model, while rival chatbot makers pursue their own real-time voice assistants. Moving every voice user onto a single pipeline reflects a broader push toward one unified conversational model rather than chained speech components.
ChatGPT users who relied on Advanced or Standard voice will find those options gone from Settings > Voice after December 11, and their voice sessions will run on GPT-Live. Past voice conversations stay in chat history, so no saved content is lost in the switch.
The takeaway
Expect ChatGPT voice conversations to switch to GPT-Live automatically, so review your voice settings before December 11. Video and screen-sharing will keep using the older Advanced voice until GPT-Live adds support for them.
What happens next
Advanced and Standard voice will be discontinued on December 11, 2026, when users are automatically moved to Live voice.
Further reading
For more on how these systems are developing, see Artificial Intelligence coverage on Wisevoter.
