What is OpenAI GPT Realtime?
gpt-realtime is OpenAI's production speech-to-speech model, generally available since August 2025 through the Realtime API. It streams audio to the model and streams audio back, keeping the whole exchange inside one session rather than chaining separate transcription, reasoning and synthesis services. The GA release added remote MCP server support, image input and native SIP phone calling, alongside two voices built for it — Cedar and Marin.