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Back to list of all release notes This document provides information on the latest feature updates and enhancements introduced in the Voice Gateway of AI for Service (XO) v11.x releases. For previous updates, see release notes of 2025.

v11.23.1 April 11, 2026

This update includes enhancements and bug fixes. The key enhancements included in this release are summarized below.

Text to Speech

Background TTS Streaming Enhancements

  • TTSOptions Support: ttsOptions is now supported during background TTS streaming, allowing dynamic voice and language changes. This applies across Message, Entity, and Agent nodes without impacting streaming behavior, and excludes TTS text streaming to avoid latency from connection re-establishment.
  • Playback Status Support: Playback status is now captured during background TTS streaming to accurately detect completion, ensuring correct handling of prompts, hang-up flows, and no-input scenarios. Currently, Microsoft ASR and Sarvam (Custom) are supported, with extensibility for other providers.

v11.23.0 March 28, 2026

This update includes enhancements and bug fixes. The key enhancements included in this release are summarized below.

ASR and TTS

IST Generative TTS: Text Streaming Support

IST Generative TTS now supports text streaming, configurable via call control parameters. Enable streaming at the agent node level to reduce latency and improve response delivery. SSML is supported.

Integrations

Grok Voice Models for Real-Time Voice

The Platform now supports the Grok Voice (xAI) model for real-time voice interactions alongside the existing providers. Upon configuration, it enables real-time audio streaming, response handling, and logging. It maintains backward compatibility with the existing providers.

v11.22.1 March 14, 2026

This update includes only bug fixes.

v11.22.0 February 28, 2026

This update includes enhancements and bug fixes. The key enhancements included in this release are summarized below.

ASR and TTS

Google Cloud TTS Streaming Support

Google Cloud Text-to-Speech now supports both audio and text streaming. Audio streaming is enabled by default, while text streaming requires the TTS Streaming and Model Response Streaming flags. Streaming works across standard flows, Agent Node, and Agentic App use cases, with seamless playback, defined latency thresholds, fallback handling, and full backward compatibility. Support applies only to HD (Chirp) voices.

Azure TTS Text Streaming Support in Voice Gateway

Voice Gateway now supports Azure TTS text streaming, enabling progressive speech synthesis for real-time LLM responses. Streaming operates over WebSocket with seamless audio continuity, validation controls, and graceful fallback to non-streaming mode when needed.

Deepgram ASR: Flux Model Integration

Voice Gateway now supports the Deepgram Flux ASR model, delivering improved turn detection, lower latency, and better transcription quality. The ASR selection dropdown includes Deepgram ASR-Flux, supporting English across all accents.

Agentic Apps

Remove Tool-Call Audio in Agentic App

The system no longer plays default music when the Agentic App makes a tool call using real-time voice APIs. The platform remains silent during tool execution until the bot responds, preventing audio overlap—even if the response is delayed.

Configuration

SIP Trunk Configuration: Same DID Handling

If a SIP trunk uses the same DID with a different IP/FQDN, the system allows it across different accounts or apps, but prompts for confirmation within the same account and app. If both the DID and IP/FQDN match an existing entry, the system blocks creation and displays an error message.

v11.21.1 January 31, 2026

This update includes only bug fixes.

v11.21.0 January 17, 2026

This update includes enhancements and bug fixes. The key enhancements included in this release are summarized below.

ASR and TTS

TTS Streaming at Start Flow Level

TTS Streaming can be configured at the start flow level to reduce voice response latency. The platform maintains a persistent streaming connection throughout the call and adapts playback based on the model’s response streaming behavior.

Continuous Gather at Start Flow Level

Provided a Continuous Gather option at the start flow when TTS streaming is enabled. Caller input is captured continuously to reduce latency and support agentic voice interactions, without altering default behavior unless configured.

Model Selection for ASR and TTS Providers

The platform now permits model selection for ASR and TTS providers directly from the app-level and Start Flow-level UIs. The selected model is consistently applied across design-time and runtime voice scenarios, including interactions, transcriptions, and monitoring, without requiring call-control parameters.

TTS Providers: Required Language Support

The platform ensures that all natively supported TTS providers offer support for required languages wherever the vendor supports them. This applies to AWS Amazon Polly, Google, Microsoft Azure, ElevenLabs, OpenAI TTS, Deepgram, and similar integrations. The required languages include English, Japanese, Spanish, German, Arabic, French, Hindi, and Filipino.