gpt-4o-mini-tts snapshots (deprecated)
The gpt-4o-mini-tts snapshots are two deprecated OpenAI model versions that shut down on January 6, 2027.
- Lab
- OpenAI
- Release date
- Status
- Deprecated
- API model ID
- gpt-4o-mini-tts-2025-03-20, gpt-4o-mini-tts-2025-12-15
- Shutdown date
OpenAI published a deprecation notice on October 1, 2026, for two gpt-4o-mini-tts snapshots: gpt-4o-mini-tts-2025-03-20 and gpt-4o-mini-tts-2025-12-15. Both shut down in the OpenAI API on January 6, 2027, and OpenAI recommends gpt-realtime-2.1-mini as the replacement.
- Availability
- OpenAI API until shutdown. Recommended replacement: gpt-realtime-2.1-mini.
- Official source
- developers.openai.com
- Last checked
Questions
Which gpt-4o-mini-tts snapshots are deprecated?
The
gpt-4o-mini-tts-2025-03-20 and gpt-4o-mini-tts-2025-12-15 snapshots.When do the gpt-4o-mini-tts snapshots shut down?
Both shut down in the OpenAI API on January 6, 2027, after a deprecation notice on October 1, 2026.
What replaces gpt-4o-mini-tts?
OpenAI recommends
gpt-realtime-2.1-mini as the replacement.Source
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