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gpt-4o-mini-tts shuts down on 6 January 2027
SHUTS DOWN6 January 2027
TIME LEFT74 days
REPLACE WITHgpt-realtime-2.1-mini
Announced in: 2026-10-01: Text-to-speech models.
OpenAI lists 6 January 2027 as the shutdown date for gpt-4o-mini-tts, with gpt-realtime-2.1-mini as the recommended replacement. Source: OpenAI's official deprecations page, checked 24 October 2026. Read the official page.
Checked against the official page on 24 October 2026 at 05:46 UTC
Announced in the same notice
| Shuts down | When | Model | Replace with | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 January 2027 | 74 days | gpt-4o-mini-tts-2025-03-20 | gpt-realtime-2.1-mini | Official |
| 6 January 2027 | 74 days | gpt-4o-mini-tts-2025-12-15 | gpt-realtime-2.1-mini | Official |
| 6 January 2027 | 74 days | tts-1 | gpt-realtime-2.1-mini | Official |
| 6 January 2027 | 74 days | tts-1-hd | gpt-realtime-2.1-mini | Official |