When does gpt-4o-realtime shut down on the OpenAI API?

On January 20, 2027, according to developers.openai.com.

What replaces gpt-4o-realtime?

The named replacement is gpt-realtime-2.1. It is the provider's named replacement, not our recommendation.

How does the price change?

Realtime model — list only. See the official source for details.

OpenAI retires gpt-4o-realtime on Jan 20, 2027: named replacement

OpenAI APIShutdownList only

Date: Jan 20, 2027
Model: gpt-4o-realtime
Named replacement: gpt-realtime-2.1
Maker: OpenAI

Price before and after

Not in the forecast. Realtime model — list only.

Audio/realtime model: listed only, not priced. OpenAI lists this as a model family.

Source

“Jan 20, 2027 gpt-4o-realtime gpt-realtime-2.1”

https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations · checked Sep 29, 2026

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Methodology and limits

Prices are list prices in USD per 1M tokens from the provider's pricing page; dates and named replacements come from the provider's deprecation page, quoted above with the date we last checked. The replacement is the provider's named replacement, not our recommendation — quality and behavior can differ. Discounts, committed-use or enterprise agreements, batch and regional pricing, and Azure OpenAI and Amazon Bedrock prices are not included. Dates marked "at least through" or "not before" are shown but never applied.Full methodology →

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