OpenAI releases GPT-Realtime-2.1 and GPT-Realtime-2.1 mini
UpdateVerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026
GPT-Realtime-2.1 improves alphanumeric recognition, silence and noise handling and interruptions for voice apps, and the mini version is a faster, lower-cost distilled reasoning model.
Topics: LLMs, Streaming, Pricing, Performance
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