{"slug": "perplexity-taps-openais-gpt-live-1-to-power-its-voice-mode", "title": "Perplexity taps OpenAI’s gpt-live-1 to power its voice mode", "summary": "Perplexity's voice mode now runs on OpenAI's gpt-live-1 model, an upgrade announced October 28, 2026 for the Mac app and web interface that gives Pro and Max subscribers full-duplex voice, letting the system keep listening while it speaks and manage multiple computer sessions, launch new tasks mid-conversation, and create projects without a keyboard. Voice mode is gated behind paid plans priced at $17 per month for Pro and $167 per month for Max, while OpenAI charges developers $0.05 per minute for the gpt-live-1 voice API it opened on September 10, 2026, after the model first reached ChatGPT Voice users on July 8, 2026. The per-minute API pricing against Perplexity's flat monthly fees raises a question about the economics of the integration.", "body_md": "# Perplexity taps OpenAI’s gpt-live-1 to power its voice mode\n\nperplexity logo bg\n\nPro and Max subscribers can now run multiple sessions and manage tasks and projects just by talking to the AI.\n\n[Perplexity](https://cryptobriefing.com/markets/perplexity/)’s voice mode now runs on [OpenAI](https://cryptobriefing.com/markets/openai/)’s gpt-live-1 model. With it, users can run multiple sessions at once and manage tasks and projects through conversation.\n\nThe upgrade, announced on October 28, 2026, covers both the Mac app and the web interface.\n\n## What changed in voice mode\n\nThe headline capability of gpt-live-1 is **full-duplex voice**. The system can keep listening while it is still speaking.\n\nPerplexity is pairing that conversational layer with real actions. According to the research findings, subscribers can now:\n\n- Manage several computer sessions at the same time\n- Kick off new tasks mid-conversation\n- Create and manage projects without touching a keyboard\n\nAccess is gated behind paid plans. Voice mode is available only to Pro and Max subscribers.\n\nThe Pro tier costs $17 per month. The Max tier costs $167 per month.\n\n### AI, tech, and the markets they move—in one daily briefing.\n\nDaily. Free. Join 34,000+ readers across crypto, finance, and policy.\n\n## Where gpt-live-1 came from\n\nOpenAI did not build gpt-live-1 for Perplexity. The model first reached ChatGPT Voice users on July 8, 2026.\n\nTwo months later, on September 10, 2026, OpenAI opened up an API version. Developers pay $0.05 per minute for the voice layer.\n\nThe voice update also follows another recent push from Perplexity. On October 20, 2026, the company rolled out local AI execution on supported Mac devices. That feature was aimed at offline use and privacy-focused workflows.\n\n## Why this matters for the AI search race\n\nThe second group is developers and businesses watching from the sidelines. The $0.05 per minute API price gives them a concrete benchmark for adding similar voice features.\n\nPer-minute pricing has a particular character. It is cheap for short exchanges and can add up quickly for long, chatty sessions. Any company building on it will have to think carefully about how much talking its users actually do.\n\nFor Perplexity specifically, the economics raise a fair question. The company charges flat monthly fees while relying on a model that is priced by the minute at the API level.\n\n**Disclosure:** This article was edited by Diego Almada Lopez. For more information on how we create and review content, see our [Editorial Policy](https://cryptobriefing.com/editorial-policy/).\n\n## More in Technology\n\n[See all](https://cryptobriefing.com/tech/)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/perplexity-taps-openais-gpt-live-1-to-power-its-voice-mode", "canonical_source": "https://cryptobriefing.com/perplexity-voice-mode-openai-gpt-live-1/", "published_at": "2026-10-28 21:55:51+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-28 22:14:27.275654+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-products", "large-language-models", "ai-search", "generative-ai"], "entities": ["Perplexity", "OpenAI", "gpt-live-1", "ChatGPT Voice", "Diego Almada Lopez"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/perplexity-taps-openais-gpt-live-1-to-power-its-voice-mode", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/perplexity-taps-openais-gpt-live-1-to-power-its-voice-mode.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/perplexity-taps-openais-gpt-live-1-to-power-its-voice-mode.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/perplexity-taps-openais-gpt-live-1-to-power-its-voice-mode.jsonld"}}