Live 3 moves turn-taking into the speech model itself, replacing the threshold rules usually bolted onto voice agent pipelines. It can acknowledge while listening and tell backchannels from real interruptions.
Key takeaways · AI-distilled
Fish Audio argues response speed and conversational timing are separate problems: an AI agentAn AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.Full definition → can reply fast and still speak at the wrong moment, because a pause after a question and a pause mid phone number mean different things.
When a caller reads out a number in chunks ("415… 555… 0132"), Live 3 can interject "mm-hmm" or "okay, 415" between them, confirming the digits were heard while leaving the floor open for the rest.
On self-corrected orders ("two pizzas… no, three… make one a margherita"), Live 3 waits through each revision instead of jumping in with the wrong item; Fish Audio says support calls, bookings and orders are full of these moments.
Live 3 is English-only for now and is available on the Fish Agent Platform, through the API, and for on-premises enterprise deployment.
Terms in this piece · Glossary
AI agent — An AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.
