- Introducing
SmsSendToolfor SMS messaging support: You can now create and sendsmstext messages using the new[Send Text](https://api.vapi.ai/api#:~:text=SmsSendTool) tool, enabling assistants to send SMS messages via defined servers.

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Eleven Labs Voice Auto Mode and Confidence Threshold configuration options: When using
Eleven Labs Voicein your Assistant, you can now configureautoMode(default: false) to automatically manage manage chunking strategies for long texts; Eleven Labs automatically determines the best way to process and generate audio, optimizing for latency and efficiency. Additionally,confidenceThresholdhas been introduced in transcriber schemas, allowing developers to set thresholds to discard low-confidence transcriptions and improve accuracy. -
Changes to
CartesiaExperimentalControlsSpeed property: Thespeedproperty now accepts both predefined speeds ('slowest','slow','normal','fast','fastest') and numeric values between -1 and 1. This simplifies the process of controlling the speed of the generated audio with Cartesia.