OpenAI’s Dec. 11 ChatGPT voice update will remove Advanced and Standard from settings, moving the users who selected either option onto Live as the company consolidates its voice lineup.
The options will remain accessible through the transition, OpenAI said Nov. 10. The company said earlier voice exchanges will stay in ChatGPT history, where users can pick up those chats by typing or speaking.
Live is powered by GPT-Live, which OpenAI introduced on July 8, 2026. In this setup, the model can process incoming speech while it is producing an answer. Advanced voice instead waits for the user to finish speaking before it replies. Standard voice takes a staged route, sending speech through separate systems for transcription, reply generation and spoken output.
The change will not immediately move every voice function to the same system. OpenAI says live video and screen sharing will continue to rely on Advanced voice until GPT-Live can handle them; it has not set a date for that support or said how people will open the features after Advanced leaves the menu.
OpenAI also reported that ChatGPT voice use has nearly doubled since GPT-Live launched and that virtually all ChatGPT voice users now use it. These are OpenAI figures that have not been independently verified. The company published no total audience counts or details of how it calculated the increase. OpenAI said the consolidation should simplify voice access and allow its team to focus on improving GPT-Live.
User feedback already changed the product’s timeline once: on Sept. 9, 2025, OpenAI said Standard Voice Mode would stay after it had been slated for retirement. In current guidance, the company acknowledges some people accustomed to the older interaction may find the move difficult. OpenAI says it is working to improve GPT-Live’s response depth, continuity across conversations and personalization.
The menu change is scheduled for Dec. 11, 2026, when Advanced and Standard will no longer appear under Settings > Voice.
