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OpenAI's "dot voice" calling feature experiences widespread outages

Users are reporting issues with OpenAI's "dot voice" calling feature across mobile and desktop applications on October 8th. Despite the OpenAI status page indicating all systems are operational, users are experiencing call failures. In contrast, the regular ChatGPT Live voice feature is functioning correctly. AI

IMPACT Disruption to a specific OpenAI voice communication feature, impacting user experience.

RANK_REASON User-reported issue with a specific product feature, not a company-wide outage or new release.

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OpenAI's "dot voice" calling feature experiences widespread outages

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  1. r/OpenAI TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/eflol ·

    dot voice calls keep failing on mobile and desktop, but ChatGPT Live works in chat

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Anyone else experiencing this today (October 8)? I've tried calling my dot several times this morning on Android and ChatGPT desktop app on pc, but the calls keep failing to connect. Regular ChatGPT Live voice works fine on the same phone.</p> <p…