# GPT-4o Audio · gpt-4o-audio-preview-2024-12-17

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Public catalog reference from Headless Thrones. Exact catalog ID: `gpt-4o-audio-preview-2024-12-17`. Catalog source-check date: 2026-10-23.

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## What to know about GPT-4o Audio · gpt-4o-audio-preview-2024-12-17

AI-compiled from linked model documentation. This is a catalog reference, not an independent performance review. Catalog checked October 23, 2026.

[Retirement & migration](https://headlessthrones.com/models/gpt-4o-audio-preview-2024-12-17#model-answer-research) · [Exact model](https://headlessthrones.com/models/gpt-4o-audio-preview-2024-12-17#model-answer-identity) · [Access](https://headlessthrones.com/models/gpt-4o-audio-preview-2024-12-17#model-answer-access)

### What happened to GPT-4o Audio · gpt-4o-audio-preview-2024-12-17, and what replaces it?

These details come from the linked publisher material for this model. Reported capabilities and training descriptions are publisher statements, not independent test results.

**API shutdown notice**: The official API reference marks this exact snapshot deprecated and gives 2026-05-07 as its announced shutdown date. This is a published lifecycle notice, not a live availability test. [Source](https://developers.openai.com/api/reference/resources/responses/methods/create)

**Original delivery interface**: OpenAI’s developer announcement explicitly names gpt-4o-audio-preview-2024-12-17 as the Chat Completions version of its audio snapshot. Realtime session and WebRTC controls belong to the separately named realtime model, not automatically to this snapshot. [Source](https://openai.com/index/o1-and-new-tools-for-developers/)

**Family migration guidance**: The current deprecation table recommends gpt-audio-1.5 for the gpt-4o-audio-preview family. That row is family-level guidance, while the API reference separately dates this exact snapshot’s shutdown. Validate the new model’s interface and behavior before migration; its specifications are not copied here. [Source](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations)

### Which GPT-4o Audio · gpt-4o-audio-preview-2024-12-17 does this page describe?

GPT-4o Audio · gpt-4o-audio-preview-2024-12-17 is a model record from **OpenAI** in the GPT family. [Source](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-4o-audio-preview)

The recorded model identifier or checkpoint is `gpt-4o-audio-preview-2024-12-17`. Use that exact identifier when checking documentation or a provider listing. [Source](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-4o-audio-preview)

### How can you access GPT-4o Audio · gpt-4o-audio-preview-2024-12-17?

The catalog records the historical **API** access route for GPT-4o Audio · gpt-4o-audio-preview-2024-12-17. [Source](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-4o-audio-preview)

As of the catalog check, this version was marked retired. [Source](https://developers.openai.com/api/reference/resources/responses/methods/create) Check the linked lifecycle information before starting a new integration.

For a new integration, use the publisher’s replacement guidance and check its current account, region and endpoint requirements. Historical API access does not mean the retired endpoint can still be called.

**Catalog qualifications:** Exact snapshot listed on the vendor family page. Family-default specifications are not assumed for this older snapshot.

**Evidence still missing here:** complete input/output pricing, context or input capacity, and knowledge and training-data cutoffs. Missing documentation is not evidence that a feature is unavailable.

Headless Thrones has not independently benchmarked this model for this reference. Evaluate it on representative work before choosing it; these facts do not rank its accuracy, reliability, speed or suitability against another model.

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