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Key Takeaways
- Advanced Voice and Standard Voice are scheduled to retire on December 11, 2026, and remain available during the transition.
- From December 11, Settings > Voice will no longer offer Advanced or Standard; users who selected them will default to Live.
- Existing conversations will remain available and can continue in text or voice.
- Video and screen sharing will continue in Advanced Voice until GPT-Live supports them; no date for that capability change has been announced.
What changes on December 11?
OpenAI notified users on November 10, 2026 that Advanced Voice and Standard Voice in ChatGPT will retire on December 11. Both remain available during the transition. On the retirement date, Settings > Voice will stop offering them, and users who selected either will default to Live.
Update everyday instructions that tell people to select Advanced or Standard. You can note your current settings and routine tasks, then get familiar with Live during the transition. This is preparation advice, not an official migration requirement for continuing a conversation.
What can ordinary voice users do now?
Check your current options in Settings > Voice. Live is powered by GPT-Live. If you already use Live, the notice concerns the removal of the other two options; there is no reason to select an older mode just because of this announcement.
If you still use Advanced or Standard, try a familiar question in Live and note what you need from response style, detail, or conversation continuity. OpenAI describes these as areas it will keep improving. That direction does not establish that every planned improvement has shipped.
Will you lose or need to move old conversations?
OpenAI says conversations created with Advanced or Standard will remain in ChatGPT history and can continue in text or voice. Voice will default to GPT-Live after December 11.
Keeping a conversation does not preserve its former voice model. Continue using the history when you need earlier text or an ongoing discussion. If your priority is the old model’s style or manner of responding, get familiar with its replacement rather than assuming that retained history guarantees identical behavior.
What about video, screen sharing, and custom GPTs?
Live video and screen sharing will continue to use Advanced Voice until GPT-Live supports those capabilities. OpenAI has not announced that transition date, so December 11 should not be described as a simultaneous cutoff for both features.
If you depend on video or screen sharing, check the relevant controls and conditions for your own task before abandoning a workflow that remains available. The notice also says voice with custom GPTs will use Advanced until custom GPTs are deprecated on December 11. That limited statement is not a complete custom GPT migration guide.
Which details still need checking?
The announcement provides no exact cutoff time or time zone, and no separate schedule for plans, regions, app versions, or pricing changes. For a team handoff or important meeting, check the notice in your own product context instead of inventing a precise local deadline.
Make a short list of old mode names in your team instructions, recurring voice tasks, and video or sharing dependencies. Revise the steps after checking the actual experience. Keep the date, retained history, and capability exceptions distinct; this article has not verified settings or eligibility for any particular account.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What does full-duplex mean for GPT-Live?
OpenAI describes GPT-Live as a full-duplex voice model: it can listen and speak at the same time. The term does not establish that video or screen sharing is already supported.
Does this announce a voice API shutdown on December 11?
The notice describes voice choices in ChatGPT and provides no API retirement schedule. Do not apply the ChatGPT mode retirement date to a developer API without its own announcement.