OpenAI announced the discontinuation of the old voice mode of ChatGPT on December 11

According to IT Home, OpenAI announced that it will officially discontinue the Advanced Voice Mode and Standard Voice Mode in ChatGPT on December 11, 2026, and will focus future development resources on GPT-Live. OpenAI began notifying users on November 10 about the upcoming discontinuation of the old voice modes, and users can continue to use them from now until December 11.

On December 11, the two old modes will be removed from the "Settings - Voice" option, and users who previously selected these modes will automatically switch to GPT-Live. Previous voice conversation records will still be retained, and users can continue through text or GPT-Live.

Since GPT-Live currently does not support real-time video and screen sharing, these two features of ChatGPT will continue to use Advanced Voice Mode. Users will also continue to use Advanced Voice Mode when having voice conversations with custom GPTs until December 11.