OpenAI Releases Realtime API with Production Voice Agent Features and Advanced GPT-Realtime Model
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Summary
OpenAI has made its Realtime API generally available with new production-ready features for voice agents, including support for remote MCP servers, image inputs, and SIP phone calling. The company also released gpt-realtime, its most advanced speech-to-speech model yet, which shows improvements in following complex instructions, tool calling precision, and producing more natural, expressive speech.
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The API now supports remote MCP servers, image inputs, and phone calling through Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
We're also releasing our most advanced speech-to-speech model yet—gpt-realtime
The new model shows improvements in following complex instructions, calling tools with precision, and producing speech that sounds more natural and expressive
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