Support for gpt-4o-realtime-preview-2025-06-03 given depreciation of older realtime models

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Support for gpt-4o-realtime-preview-2025-06-03 given depreciation of older realtime models

Aidan Mattrick 0

Hi team,

With the upcoming deprecation of gpt-4o-realtime-preview-2024-12-17 on July 1, 2025, will Azure be adding support for the newer gpt-4o-realtime-preview-2025-06-03 model that OpenAI recently released? If so, is there an estimated timeline for availability?

Thanks!

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Answer 1

Nathan Roberts (SN) 1,006 Volunteer Moderator

Hey there, Aidan Mattrick

You can view Azure OpenAI models here and their availability here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/openai/concepts/models?tabs=global-standard%2Cstandard-chat-completions#global-standard-model-availability

There is a gpt-4o-realtime-preview that is currently in preview now. You can find out more about this here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/realtime-audio-webrtc

In terms of announcements, you can see if you can create a service health alert so you can get notified. This may include what models you can move to. You can access service health by going to https://portal.azure.com

Hope this helps,
Nathan

Aidan Mattrick 0 Reputation points

2025-06-21T18:58:36.4266667+00:00

Nathan - appreciate you taking the time to respond!
I have already read these resources.

I've deployed the latest version and read the docs on retirement vs. deprecation.
Docs online say older versions of preview will be deprecated not retired
However looking at the "retirement" column on my deployment I am unclear!

Answer 2

Saideep Anchuri 9,500 Moderator

HI Aidan Mattrick

The gpt-4o-realtime-preview model, as indicated in the context, has a retirement date of "No earlier than July 2, 2025." This means that while it may be deprecated, it will not be retired before that date. The documentation specifies that older versions of preview models will be deprecated rather than retired. Therefore, your deployment of the latest version should remain operational until the specified retirement date, and you can continue to use it without immediate concern for retirement.

Kindly refer below link: current-models

model-lifecycle-retirement

Thank You.

Saideep Anchuri 9,500 Reputation points Moderator

2025-06-24T00:30:54.5033333+00:00

HI Aidan Mattrick

Following up to see if the above answer was helpful

Thank you.
Aidan Mattrick 0 Reputation points

2025-06-24T00:45:53.0166667+00:00

Thanks Saideep.
We want to build with realtime but it is hard to offer it to our customers knowing it may be retired any day after July 2 (in a week).

Is there a realtime model that we can build on knowing there is no potential for it to be retired in the immediate future?
Saideep Anchuri 9,500 Reputation points Moderator

2025-06-24T00:55:30.1633333+00:00

HI Aidan Mattrick

The current models available for real-time interactions include gpt-4o-realtime-preview and gpt-4o-mini-realtime-preview, both of which are set to retire no earlier than July 2, 2025. Unfortunately, there is no information about a realtime model that would not face potential retirement in the immediate future.

If you are looking for a stable model to build on, it may be prudent to monitor the updates from Microsoft regarding model retirements and replacements, as they may introduce new models or extend the support for existing ones.

Kindly refer below link: realtime-audio

Thank You.
tobowers 0 Reputation points

2025-06-24T08:18:25.8033333+00:00

is there anyway you can escalate these requests? The QA has several of these questions, but there is no answer yet.
Saideep Anchuri 9,500 Reputation points Moderator

2025-06-25T01:06:34.0533333+00:00

HI Aidan Mattrick

We haven’t heard from you on the last response and was just checking back to see if you have a resolution yet.

Thank you.
Aidan Mattrick 0 Reputation points

2025-06-25T02:11:47.9566667+00:00

@Saideep Anchuri I echo what @tobowers said!
It is hard to build without certainty.
Aidan Mattrick 0 Reputation points

2025-07-04T15:58:29.5233333+00:00

Saideep - appreciate you following up.
No, I echo what @tobowers said.
This provides us no additional clarity on if we can use these models in our product.

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