ElevenLabs Unveils Its Fastest, Most Expressive Voice AI Models Yet

ElevenLabs has introduced Eleven v4 and Eleven v4 Turbo, its latest text-to-speech models focused on more expressive speech, stronger voice cloning, and faster response times.

Key points

• Compared against Cartesia Sonic 3.6, Inworld TTS-2, Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS, Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS.
• ElevenLabs notes Eleven v4 ranked at the top of the Artificial Analysis Provider Voice Arena in September 2026.
• Although Eleven Flash v2.5 remains faster in raw latency, eleven v4 Turbo is therefore substantially faster than Eleven v3 Conversational.
• Eleven v4 and Eleven v4 Turbo are available through ElevenAgents, ElevenCreative, and ElevenAPI.
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Notably, the firm unveiled the models in an X post, describing them as its "fastest and most emotive voice models yet."

ElevenLabs notes Eleven v4 ranked at the top of the Artificial Analysis Provider Voice Arena in September 2026. The firm additionally ran blind head-to-head preference tests against Cartesia Sonic 3.6, Inworld TTS-2, Google Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS, and Google Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS. OpenAI Launches GPT-6 Sol and Luna With 50% Lower API Costs.

Introducing Eleven v4 and Eleven v4 Turbo, our fastest and most emotive voice models yet. Ranked #1 by Artificial Analysis. Pic.twitter.com/gm8nAUMaQL. ElevenLabs (@ElevenLabs) September 28, 2026. Benchmark Eleven v4 Result. Artificial Analysis Provider Voice Arena Ranked first. Test format Blind head-to-head user preference testing. Areas judged Expressiveness and naturalness.

For speed, Eleven v4 Turbo delivers median inference latency of around 100ms, excluding application and network latency. Model Median Inference Latency Languages Main Focus. Eleven v4 Turbo ~100ms 90+ Expressive real-time speech. Eleven v3 Conversational ~280ms 70+ Real-time expressive speech. Eleven Flash v2.5 ~75ms 32 Lowest latency.

Although Eleven Flash v2.5 remains faster in raw latency, eleven v4 Turbo is therefore substantially faster than Eleven v3 Conversational. ElevenLabs positions v4 Turbo as the option for users who want lower latency without giving up the richer emotional delivery of the v4 family. Eleven v4 Focuses on Expressive Speech.

Eleven v4 is the higher-quality model and is designed for content creation, audiobooks, character voices, dubbing, and other uses where audio quality and emotional delivery matter most.

Notably, the model analyzes tone, pacing, emotion, character, and context when generating speech. It additionally supports inline audio tags such as, and for finer control over delivery.

Both Eleven v4 and v4 Turbo backing more than 90 languages, multi-speaker dialogue, and high-fidelity voice cloning. Eleven v4 additionally supports Professional Voice Clones and more reliable request stitching for longer content. OpenAI Pauses Model Training After Agent Bypassed Restrictions While Training. Faster Eleven v4 Turbo.

Eleven v4 Turbo uses the same model family but is optimized for real-time applications such as AI assistants, customer backing agents, and interactive characters.

It supports WebSocket streaming, allowing audio generation to commence before the entire text input has been completed.

Eleven v4 and Eleven v4 Turbo are available through ElevenAgents, ElevenCreative, and ElevenAPI. Stay Connected with ProPakistani.

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