OpenAI to Retire Legacy ChatGPT Voice Modes on December 11, Shifting Focus Entirely to GPT-Live

November 11: According to IT Home, OpenAI has announced that it will officially discontinue Advanced Voice Mode and Standard Voice Mode in ChatGPT on December 11, 2026, and will concentrate its development resources on GPT-Live going forward. OpenAI began notifying users on November 10 that the legacy voice modes will soon be retired; users can continue to use them from now until December 11, when the two legacy modes will be removed from the "Settings - Voice" options, and users who previously selected these two modes will be automatically switched to GPT-Live.

Previous voice conversation records will still be retained, and users can pick up where they left off via text or GPT-Live. Because GPT-Live does not yet support real-time video and screen sharing, these two ChatGPT features will continue to use Advanced Voice Mode; voice conversations with custom GPTs will also continue to use Advanced Voice Mode until December 11.