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Higgs Realtime: cost-efficient, real-time speech-to-speech
Aug. 3, 2026
Higgs Realtime: cost-efficient, real-time speech-to-speech

A real-time voice model and API that handles interruptions, adapts mid-sentence, and carries conversations the way people actually talk. It leads major deployed real-time APIs on audio benchmarks, supports 100+ languages, and is compatible with the OpenAI Realtime API.

IHBench: what voice agents say after you interrupt
Jun. 29, 2026
IHBench: what voice agents say after you interrupt

A benchmark for post-interruption recovery in voice agents — whether what the model says after you cut in resumes the workflow correctly. 428 interruption samples, 6 types, 10 enterprise domains, closed- and open-weight models.

Higgs Avatar API is now available
Jun. 25, 2026
Higgs Avatar API is now available

Developers can now generate talking-head avatar videos from a still image and either an audio clip or Higgs TTS text input.

Higgs TTS 3: beyond reading, toward real speech for voice AI
Jun. 4, 2026
Higgs TTS 3: beyond reading, toward real speech for voice AI

Higgs TTS 3 is built for voice chat: it speaks, not just reads. It turns model responses into expressive conversational speech across 100 languages, with zero-shot voice cloning and inline control over emotion, style, prosody, pauses, and sound effects.

ProactBench: Beyond what the user asked for
May. 28, 2026
ProactBench: Beyond what the user asked for

A benchmark for conversational proactivity in LLMs — noticing and acting on what the user implied but never said. 198 curated dialogues, 624 trigger points, 16 models, and a leaderboard where Recovery proves dramatically hard.

Meet Higgs Avatar: Real-time avatars for voice agents
May. 13, 2026
Meet Higgs Avatar: Real-time avatars for voice agents

A real-time foundation model that brings human-like digital presence to customer conversations, virtual assistants, training, and interactive experiences