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New AI audio models: September 2026
8 AI audio models are dated September 2026 in Versely’s catalog, from 4 providers: Suno (3), ElevenLabs (2), Google (2) and Inworld (1). The newest is Eleven v4 Turbo, released 28 September 2026.
| Model | Built by | Released | Credits per job |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eleven v4 Turbovariant | ElevenLabs | 28 September 2026 | 4 credits (headline rate) |
| Eleven v4 | ElevenLabs | 28 September 2026 | 7 credits (headline rate) |
| Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS | 23 September 2026 | 2 credits (headline rate) | |
| Gemini 3.8 Flash Lite TTSvariant | 23 September 2026 | 1 credit (headline rate) | |
| Suno Sounds V6 Wildvariant | Suno | 11 September 2026 | 2 credits |
| Suno Sounds V6 Minivariant | Suno | 11 September 2026 | 2 credits |
| Suno Sounds V6 | Suno | 11 September 2026 | 2 credits |
| Inworld TTS 2 Flash | Inworld | 2 September 2026 | 2 credits (headline rate) |
See September 2026 in the 2026 audio timeline, or jump to every month of 2026.
The 2026 audio timeline
16 March – 15 April 2026
3 models · 3 providersGoogle, Grok and Suno shipped 3 audio models between 16 March 2026 and 15 April 2026. Of the 3, 2 have a spec page and 1 is folded into a parent model's page as tier or mode variants. Cheapest complete job in the window: 2 credits on Suno Sounds V5.5.
- New names on the roster: Grok, Google.
| Model | Built by | Credits per job | Max output | Capabilities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grok TTSxAI Grok TTS - high-quality text-to-speech with 5 expressive voices, 21 languages, and speech tags support. Up to 15,000… | Grok | 4 credits (headline rate) | — | Text to audio |
| Suno Sounds V5.5variantSuno Sounds V5.5 is the latest sound generation model with improved quality, looping, tempo, key controls, and lyrics subtitle… | Suno | 2 credits | — | Text to audio |
| Gemini 3.1 Flash TTSGoogle Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS — expressive text-to-speech with 30 voices, natural-language style control, inline audio tags… | 12 credits (headline rate) | — | Text to audio |
5 May – 23 June 2026
3 models · 3 providersByteDance, Cartesia and Inworld shipped 3 audio models between 5 May 2026 and 23 June 2026. All 3 have a spec page.
- New name on the roster: ByteDance.
| Model | Built by | Credits per job | Max output | Capabilities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inworld TTS 2Inworld Realtime TTS-2 (Research Preview) — Inworld's most powerful and expressive model. 100+ languages with natural-language… | Inworld | 2 credits (headline rate) | — | Text to audio |
| Cartesia Sonic 3.5Cartesia's Sonic 3.5 TTS model. Multilingual, highly expressive, with emotion control, speed tuning, and voice cloning. | Cartesia | 4 credits (headline rate) | — | Text to audio, Voice clone |
| Seed Audio 1.0ByteDance Seed Audio 1.0 — high-quality, natural-sounding text-to-speech with preset voices, optional reference audio… | ByteDance | 17 credits (headline rate) | — | Text to audio |
24 August – 2 September 2026
3 models · 3 providersCartesia, Inworld and MiniMax shipped 3 audio models between 24 August 2026 and 2 September 2026. All 3 have a spec page.
- Longest single clip the catalog had offered — 300s on MiniMax Music 3.
| Model | Built by | Credits per job | Max output | Capabilities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MiniMax Music 3High-performance music generation for complete songs up to five minutes. Takes a style description plus lyrics, with structure… | MiniMax | 3 credits (headline rate) | — | Text to audio |
| Cartesia Sonic 3.6Cartesia's newest and top-ranked TTS model (Sonic 3.6). 44 languages including Hindi-English code-switching, context-driven… | Cartesia | 4 credits (headline rate) | — | Text to audio, Voice clone |
| Inworld TTS 2 FlashInworld Realtime TTS-2 Flash: the low-latency tier of TTS-2, around five times faster to first audio and 40% cheaper, with the… | Inworld | 2 credits (headline rate) | — | Text to audio |
11 September 2026
3 models · 1 providerSuno shipped 3 audio models on 11 September 2026. Of the 3, 1 has a spec page and 2 are folded into a parent model's page as tier or mode variants. Cheapest complete job in the window: 2 credits on Suno Sounds V6.
| Model | Built by | Credits per job | Max output | Capabilities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suno Sounds V6Suno Sounds V6 generates sound effects and background music from text prompts with greater detail, plus looping, tempo, key… | Suno | 2 credits | — | Text to audio |
| Suno Sounds V6 MinivariantSuno Sounds V6 Mini is the lightweight, faster cut of V6, balancing quality and speed, with looping, tempo, key controls and… | Suno | 2 credits | — | Text to audio |
| Suno Sounds V6 WildvariantSuno Sounds V6 Wild pushes creative boundaries for bolder, more distinctive sound design, with looping, tempo, key controls and… | Suno | 2 credits | — | Text to audio |
23–28 September 2026
4 models · 2 providersElevenLabs and Google shipped 4 audio models between 23 September 2026 and 28 September 2026. Of the 4, 2 have a spec page and 2 are folded into a parent model's page as tier or mode variants.
- New name on the roster: ElevenLabs.
| Model | Built by | Credits per job | Max output | Capabilities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini 3.8 Flash Lite TTSvariantGoogle Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS - fast, low-cost speech: 30 voices, 101 languages, style direction, inline audio tags and… | 1 credit (headline rate) | — | Text to audio | |
| Gemini 3.8 Flash TTSGoogle Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS - Google's most expressive voice model: 30 voices, 130 languages, natural-language style direction,… | 2 credits (headline rate) | — | Text to audio | |
| Eleven v4ElevenLabs Eleven v4 — the most expressive ElevenLabs voice model. Direct the delivery with inline audio tags ([excited],… | ElevenLabs | 7 credits (headline rate) | — | Text to audio |
| Eleven v4 TurbovariantElevenLabs Eleven v4 Turbo — fast, low-cost Eleven v4 with the same audio tags ([excited], [whispers], [laughs]) and 90+… | ElevenLabs | 4 credits (headline rate) | — | Text to audio |
New AI audio models by month in 2026
6 of the twelve months carried a audio release; the busiest window was 23–28 September 2026, with 4. Each month links to the launch window where it starts.
Who shipped audio in 2026
Suno (4), Google (3) and Cartesia (2) led on volume. SKUs, not quality — four tiers of one model count four times.
| Provider | Models | Spec pages | First | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suno | 4 | 1 | 26 March 2026 | 11 September 2026 |
| 3 | 2 | 15 April 2026 | 23 September 2026 | |
| Cartesia | 2 | 2 | 16 June 2026 | 27 August 2026 |
| ElevenLabs | 2 | 1 | 28 September 2026 | 28 September 2026 |
| Inworld | 2 | 2 | 5 May 2026 | 2 September 2026 |
| ByteDance | 1 | 1 | 23 June 2026 | 23 June 2026 |
| Grok | 1 | 1 | 16 March 2026 | 16 March 2026 |
| MiniMax | 1 | 1 | 24 August 2026 | 24 August 2026 |
What 2026 moved
Firsts, measured against every audio model released before them. “New name on the roster” is the provider label in the catalog, not the company — one lab can hold several labels.
- 16 March – 15 April 2026
- New names on the roster: Grok, Google.
- 5 May – 23 June 2026
- New name on the roster: ByteDance.
- 24 August – 2 September 2026
- Longest single clip the catalog had offered — 300s on MiniMax Music 3.
- 23–28 September 2026
- New name on the roster: ElevenLabs.
Dates are each model’s released_at value, walked in order and grouped until a window held 3 or more. Credits are what one complete generation costs per the model’s own price matrix; where it states none, the headline rate is shown and the model sits out the cheapest-in-window line.
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Frequently asked questions
What are the newest AI audio models?+
The newest audio model in Versely's catalog is Eleven v4 Turbo from ElevenLabs, released 28 September 2026. September 2026 is the latest month with audio releases: 8 audio models from Suno, ElevenLabs, Google and Inworld.
How many AI audio models were released in 2026?+
Versely's catalog carries 16 audio models with a 2026 release date, from 8 providers, arriving in 5 launch windows between 16 March 2026 and 28 September 2026.
What was the biggest AI audio launch of 2026?+
23–28 September 2026, with 4 audio models from ElevenLabs and Google. Of the 4, 2 have a spec page and 2 are folded into a parent model's page as tier or mode variants.
Which company released the most AI audio models in 2026?+
Suno, with 4 of the 16 audio models dated 2026 — first on 26 March 2026, most recently on 11 September 2026. Google shipped 3, Cartesia shipped 2, ElevenLabs shipped 2.
What changed in AI audio generation in 2026?+
Measured against everything the catalog carried before it: New names on the roster: Grok, Google; New name on the roster: ByteDance; Longest single clip the catalog had offered — 300s on MiniMax Music 3.
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