livekit-agents@1.8.4

livekit/agentslivekit-agents@1.8.4Oct 1, 2026by tinalenguyen

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AI Summary

Adds support for Azure Voice Live Realtime API and ElevenLabs v4, while updating STT providers like AssemblyAI and Deepgram with new model options and bug fixes for workflows and voice handling.

Key Highlights

  • Azure Voice Live Realtime API support
  • ElevenLabs v4 and v4_turbo support
  • GPT-5.6 model registry addition
  • Microsoft AI speech plugin
  • AssemblyAI universal-3-6-pro default

New Features

  • Azure Voice Live Realtime API support
  • ElevenLabs v4 support
  • Microsoft AI speech plugin
  • GPT-5.6 models
  • Deepgram TTS speed parameter
  • Smallestai TTS continuations protocol support

Full Release Notes

## What's Changed
* feat(smallestai): add TTS continuations protocol support by @harshitajain165 in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/7111
* baseten: inline mid-conversation instructions for Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B by @henrytang-baseten in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/7388
* fix: drain inference STT transcripts before closing by @rosetta-livekit-bot[bot] in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/7115
* feat(azure): Add Azure Voice Live Realtime API support by @007DXR in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/4693
* Revert "worker: read agent name from livekit.toml as last fallback (#7295)" by @u9g in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/7452
* docs: versions change only in release PRs by @u9g in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/7457
* fix(workflows): forward Twilio CallToken during warm transfers by @piyush-gambhir in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/7309
* feat: record stt event metadata on user turns by @chenghao-mou in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/7473
* feat(deepgram): support speed parameter in TTS by @73bruno in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/7480
* feat(assemblyai): default to universal-3-6-pro by @dlange-aai in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/7518
* fix(aws): omit temperature/top_p for OpenAI GPT-5.6 and GPT-6 on Bedrock by @kimnamu in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/7414
* fix(aws): stop logging "unknown chunk type" for Bedrock reasoning deltas by @kimnamu in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/7416
* fix(aws): don't retry Bedrock 4xx errors such as ValidationException by @kimnamu in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/7418
* feat(elevenlabs): support eleven_v4 and eleven_v4_turbo by @kraenhansen in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/7519
* fix(gladia): store region in STT.update_options by @RaphaelFakhri in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/7523
* updated smallestai stt adapter by @hamees-sayed in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/7379
* fix(llm): block unguarded mutations on read-only chat contexts by @BlueX888 in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/7445
* fix(voice): treat a non-list record_keyterms argument as no change by @Lesereingrape in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/7468
* fix(stt): honor APIError.retryable in recognize() by @yaosongding in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/7474
* fix(llm): make ChatContext.truncate() honor a non-positive max_items by @sxh313 in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/7367
* fix(voice): keep text_transforms.replace single-pass across chunks by @sxh313 in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/7471
* fix(background_audio): detach agent_state_changed before closing the player by @maktoufzied in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/7488
* fix(voice): don't hold TTS text behind a * or _ that can never pair up by @avionicharshit-byte in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/7520
* feat: add Microsoft AI speech plugin by @mirimadahmed in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/7378
* microsoft_ai: build the TTS voice ID from a voice name and model by @tinalenguyen in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/7572
* feat(openai): add the gpt-5.6 models to the model registry by @tinalenguyen in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/7549
* (dep): bump livekit to 1.1.20 by @tinalenguyen in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/7460
* livekit-agents@1.8.4 by @github-actions[bot] in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/7575

## New Contributors
* @henrytang-baseten made their first contribution in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/7388
* @007DXR made their first contribution in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/4693
* @73bruno made their first contribution in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/7480
* @kraenhansen made their first contribution in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/7519
* @RaphaelFakhri made their first contribution in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/7523
* @BlueX888 made their first contribution in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/7445
* @Lesereingrape made their first contribution in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/7468
* @yaosongding made their first contribution in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/7474
* @maktoufzied made their first contribution in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/7488
* @mirimadahmed made their first contribution in https://github.com/livekit/agents/pull/7378

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/livekit/agents/compare/livekit-agents@1.8.3...livekit-agents@1.8.4

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