When is gpt-4o-mini-tts-2025-03-20 retired?
deprecated
gpt-4o-mini-tts-2025-03-20 on OpenAI is scheduled to shut down on Jan 6, 2027.
Replacement: gpt-realtime-2.1-mini
| Provider (API) | OpenAI |
|---|---|
| Model ID | gpt-4o-mini-tts-2025-03-20 |
| Deprecation announced | Oct 1, 2026 |
| Shutdown date | Jan 6, 2027 |
| Section on source page | 2026-10-01: Text-to-speech models |
| Source | https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations |
| Last checked | 2026-11-06T14:15:07+00:00 |
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