
What is WebSocket?
Recently, we published a blog post describing why WebSockets are great for real-time services. In this article, we describe the process of establishing, maintaining and closing the WebSockets connection.

Recently, we published a blog post describing why WebSockets are great for real-time services. In this article, we describe the process of establishing, maintaining and closing the WebSockets connection.

The WebSocket protocol (commonly referred to as “WebSockets”) enables real time interactive data exchanges between clients and servers, and application-to-application. It is ideal for connecting communications applications to services offered by specialized cloud providers.

Voximplant now includes a native Grok module that connects any Voximplant call to xAI’s Grok Voice Agent API for real-time, speech-to-speech conversations. With a single VoxEngine scenario, you can interact via audio with Grok over phone numbers, SIP trunks and infrastructure, WhatsApp Business, or WebRTC into Grok — all without building custom media gateways or WebSocket streaming infrastructure.

Chili Piper is popular, but is it the best for you? This article compares it to competitors like Dashly, Calendly, and others, examining features, pricing, and ideal use cases. Discover the right scheduling tool for your team's needs.

New Features in Voximplant Kit: Update overview. We are constantly working to improve our product to make it easier to use and more effective for you. In this update, we have added several useful features. Here’s what’s new:

OpenAI has recently announced GA version of their Realtime API that Voximplant now fully supports

New integrations for Voice AI have arrived: Google's Gemini 2.0 Flash model, featuring seamless voice-to-voice conversation capabilities and ElevenLabs low-latency streaming speech synthesis are now available for Voximplant developers

Voximplant has new realtime speech generation for voice AI from Inworld, our latest Voice AI text-to-speech (TTS) partner. Together, we combine state-of-the-art TTS with carrier-grade connectivity so you can build voice agents that sound like your brand, not a generic robot.

Learn how a Voice AI Orchestration Platform connects LLMs, STT/TTS, turn‑taking, and telephony (PSTN, SIP, WebRTC) to build reliable real‑time voice agents. See benefits, architecture, and how Voximplant helps.

Voximplant now includes a native Cartesia Line / Agents connector that connects any Voximplant call to a Cartesia Line voice agent for real-time, speech-to-speech conversations—over PSTN, SIP, WebRTC, or WhatsApp Business Calling—without building custom media gateways or WebSocket streaming infrastructure.