# Cursor voice-chat — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Cursor (https://cursor.com)
- **Version:** voice-chat
- **Released:** Nov 06, 2026
- **Impact Score:** 8/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/cursor/updates/voice-chat/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Cursor introduces realtime voice chat with AI agents across the IDE, web, and iOS, powered by Grok Voice. Users can now hold two-way voice conversations, dictate instructions, and receive spoken progress updates while agents execute coding tasks.

## New Features
- Realtime voice chat with AI agents in the Agents Window, IDE, web, and Cursor for iOS
- Siri integration ('Hey Siri, call Cursor') and Lock Screen Live Activity controls on iOS
- Grok Voice integration supporting multiple voice options (Ara, Eve, Leo, Rex, Sal) with an optional zero data retention Privacy Mode
- Spoken progress notes and summaries from coding agents during task execution

## Improvements
- Distinct separation between two-way voice chat and single-direction dictation modes