I tried ChatGPT's new Advanced Voice Mode update - here's what changed
Published on: 2025-05-31 13:42:38
Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET
ChatGPT's Advanced Voice Mode was the first major AI-powered voice assistant to mimic a human conversation, addressing typical voice assistant shortcomings. The latest update makes the conversation experience even more seamless and natural.
What's new with Advanced Voice Mode?
On Monday, OpenAI shared a video announcing the latest Advanced Voice Mode update, which enhances its human-like conversational capabilities, allowing it to interrupt you less when you are talking. This allows you to pause as you are thinking while speaking without the assistant assuming your train of thought is over or cutting you off.
Also: How to use ChatGPT's Voice Mode (and why you'll want to)
Although Advanced Voice Mode has had this ability since its release, sometimes it would prematurely cut you off, making it a bit more challenging to have a multi-turn conversation than if you were talking to a human. In the demo video, you can pause the speaker for extended periods of time, and
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