ElevenLabs Eleven v4: emotive TTS + low-latency v4 Turbo

ElevenLabs’ blog (published 2026-09-28, last updated 2026-10-01, Mati Staniszewski & Piotr Dabkowski) launched Eleven v4—framed as their most emotive text-to-speech model yet—and its low-latency sibling Eleven v4 Turbo (ElevenLabs blog).

Both models are available now in ElevenAgents, ElevenCreative, and via ElevenAPI. This is generative TTS / voice generation—not streaming speech-to-text.

What shipped

Eleven v4 targets expressive delivery: tone, pacing, emotion, and multi-speaker dialogue that responds to context rather than stitched isolated lines. Eleven v4 Turbo brings the same family to low-latency agent use cases; ElevenLabs says Turbo was co-optimized with ElevenAgents (ElevenLabs blog).

Also from the post (not the lead): inline audio-direction tags, improved IPA phonemes, Instant Voice Clone from about 10 seconds of audio, and support for Professional Voice Clones (PVC). Deep-link vendor samples; this post does not rehost audio.

Languages

Both Eleven v4 and Eleven v4 Turbo support more than 90 languages, as ElevenLabs states. No exact count or full roster is published here beyond that phrasing (ElevenLabs blog).

Vendor benches (soft-attribute only)

ElevenLabs cites a #1 rank on Artificial Analysis’s Provider Voice Arena Leaderboard (Sept 2026), roughly ~75% preference in blind head-to-head tests versus named competing TTS models, Turbo ~100ms median inference latency, and ~150ms median time to first speech. Those figures are vendor-cited (including competitor names in ElevenLabs footnotes)—not independent aitamer measurements, and boards move (ElevenLabs blog).

Pricing note

This announce does not set dollar rates for the models. Optional marketing color on the hero: 3× credits on Creator+ until October 12—footnote only, not the story (ElevenLabs blog).

Who should care

Builders who need expressive TTS for agents, creative narration, or localization should start at the Eleven v4 post and try the models in ElevenAgents, ElevenCreative, or ElevenAPI. Keep this lane separate from streaming STT upgrades.