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gpt-realtime, gpt-audio, gpt-4o-audio

4 models from OpenAI

Retiring

Takes effect Jan 20, 2027 · in 80 days

Legacy audio and realtime models to shut down January 20, 2027

gpt-realtime, gpt-audio, gpt-4o-audio, gpt-4o-realtime and their mini variants will be removed on January 20, 2027, with gpt-realtime-2.1 and gpt-audio-1.5 as replacements.

Who is affected:
Voice and audio apps on these model families.
Action needed:
Migrate to gpt-realtime-2.1 or gpt-audio-1.5 before January 20, 2027.

Source

"On July 20, 2026, we notified developers using legacy audio, realtime, and transcription model families and snapshots of their deprecation and removal from the API on January 20, 2027."

OpenAI API deprecations page

Published

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