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Mistral AI launches Voxtral 3, a full voice agent stack that listens, thinks, and talks in real time

The Decoder · Oct 20, 2026, 5:17 PM UTC

Mistral AI launched Voxtral 3, a new family of language models built for real-time voice agents. The system combines speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and a voice agent SDK, supports more than 50 languages, and lets agents tap into external tools during live conversations.…

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