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Embeddable Interactive Avatars

Synthesia launched Interactive Avatars, a generally available plugin that attaches to a LiveKit Agent and renders a real-time talking avatar as a video participant in a web or mobile app, priced at $0.12 per minute on a pay-as-you-go basis. The plugin currently supports Python LiveKit Agents only, works with any LLM, and can be integrated via a Synthesia skill for coding agents including Claude Code, Cursor, and Copilot Workspace. Developers can start by creating a Synthesia API key, installing the livekit-agents-synthesia package, and following the quickstart on GitHub.

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Embeddable Interactive Avatars
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Build Interactive Avatars that can listen, talk, and respond directly inside your product, website, or internal tools.

Live demos are subject to the Terms of Service.

From agent to avatar in three steps #

Install the plugin

pip install livekit-agents-synthesia

Attach an AvatarSession

Two lines in your existing agent. Any LLM, any tools, any knowledge base.

Go live in your product

The avatar joins your LiveKit room as a video participant in your web or mobile app.

Let your coding agent handle integration #

Install the Synthesia skill and let your coding agent scaffold the LiveKit agent and configure your Interactive Avatar. Support with API keys and room setup included.

Works with:

Claude Code

Cursor

Copilot Workspace

What teams are building #

Inbound Sales & Demos

Customer Support

Training & Coaching

Kiosks & Concierge

Where a face changes the outcome #

LiveKit plugin, bring your own LLM

Pipecat plugin

End-to-end, agent included

Start in minutes, scale when you're ready #

Pay-as-you-go

$0.12/minute Start instantly. Pay only for the minutes you use, no commitment, no minimum.

Interactive Avatar FAQs #

What can I create using Interactive Avatars?

Interactive Avatars can power conversational experiences across products, websites, internal tools, training flows, support journeys, kiosks, and any other use case where a real-time, human face makes the interaction better.

Can I bring my own LLM?

Yes. Interactive Avatars is designed for teams that want to connect their own LLM, agent, or conversational logic and use Synthesia to power the avatar layer. You keep full control of the conversation; we handle the face.

How does the integration work?

The Synthesia Interactive Avatar is a plugin component you attach to your LiveKit Agent. Your agent produces speech the way it always does. The component routes that audio to the hosted avatar worker, which renders an expressive Interactive Avatar and publishes it to your LiveKit room as a regular participant. No changes to your frontend are needed.

Is this a public API?

Yes. Interactive Avatars is now generally available. Anyone with a Synthesia API key can get started using the developer documentation.

How do I get access?

Create an API key in your Synthesia workspace, install the LiveKit plugin, and follow our quickstart to begin building.

What are the current limitations?

The plugin currently supports Python LiveKit Agents only. We're continuing to improve expressiveness, listening behaviors, interruption handling, and latency, and will share updates soon.

Ready to build with Interactive Avatars? #

Connect your own agent or conversational logic to Synthesia's Interactive Avatars.

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