29 speech-to-speech model launches in one year — when does s2s overtake cascades?

rdesh26 · x · 2026-11-05

yizbebuilding compiled every model launched in the past year (Nov 2025–Oct 2026) marketed as speech-to-speech, full-duplex, or both — 29 verified launches in total, charted on a timeline. The list spans OpenAI GPT-Realtime models, xAI Grok Voice 1.0–3.0, Google Gemini Live variants, Amazon Nova Sonic series, ByteDance Seedduplex/SeedRealtime, Alibaba Qwen-Audio line, NVIDIA PersonaPlex/NemoTron, KRAFTON SpeechChat-9B, and Thinking Machines TML-1. The author asks: when will s2s models overtake cascade pipelines in production?

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