# HeyGen updates Every HeyGen update in one feed — release notes, features and changes, straight from the source. 46 updates - ## [HeyGen Voice STS carries a spoken take onto an avatar]() Say a line once and HeyGen uses that timing on an avatar. The speech-to-speech API costs $0.12 a minute and returns audio only. 2026-10-28 - ## [HeyGen Voice Turbo launches on the API, free until November 30]() Voice Turbo, a faster and cheaper mode of HeyGen’s voice model, is live on the API and tops Artificial Analysis’s text-to-speech leaderboard. 2026-10-21 - ## [HeyGen Video 1.0 generates b-roll, product close-ups and cutaways]() HeyGen’s new video model covers the rest of the shot beyond avatars, such as product close-ups, b-roll and cutaways, and is live on its platform. 2026-10-19 - ## [What’s new at HeyGen: September 2026]() Developers get MIT-licensed avatar demos, a 168-brief motion-graphics benchmark and API voice cloning from recorded speech. 2026-10-01 - ## [Code2Video Benchmark Evaluates AI Motion Design]() The benchmark from HeyGen, HyperFrames and Kaggle scores AI-generated motion graphics against 168 human-made reference videos. 2026-09-21 - ## [HeyGen for Real Estate and Edit Look]() HeyGen adds a real-estate video workflow and Edit Look, which updates an avatar's appearance once for all future videos. 2026-09-09 - ## [What’s new at HeyGen: August 2026]() Real estate agents get three video formats, and existing avatar users can retouch their appearance without recording again. 2026-09-09 - ## [What’s new at HeyGen: July 2026]() The updates are live, with 30-minute avatar videos available through both the API and web app. 2026-08-17 - ## [HeyGen launches a real estate video product]() US agents on the Creator plan get 30 days of White Glove free at launch. 2026-08-11 - ## [HeyGen turns a doc or link into a two-host video podcast]() HeyGen's new Video Podcast adds studio scenes, multi-cam cuts, and B-roll instead of just AI-narrated audio. 2026-07-29 - ## [HeyGen turns HyperFrames into a prompt-to-video agent]() One prompt now drives avatar, motion graphics, captions and music together, with HyperFrames still customizable on request. 2026-07-23 - ## [HeyGen brings scored AI clipping to its public API]() One call turns long footage into up to ten confidence-scored social clips, with automatic, instruction-guided, or timestamp selection. 2026-07-18 - ## [HyperFrames adds a free 85k-asset media library]() Agent video framework HyperFrames now sources music, images, SFX and logos in-workflow, free with a HeyGen login. 2026-07-17 - ## [HeyGen's Batch API turns 100 videos into one request]() New endpoints let developers queue up to 100 avatar videos, translations, lipsyncs or uploads and get a single webhook when they're all done. 2026-07-17 - ## [HeyGen open-sources HyperFrames' Keyframes animation tool]() Run it via npx to let an AI coding agent inspect and correct generated motion straight from the command line. 2026-07-02 - ## [HeyGen's HyperFrames agent now auto-routes video requests]() It recognises nine workflows, from launch videos to captions and overlays, and starts the right one without manual picking. 2026-06-26 - ## [HeyGen's HyperFrames CLI can now render in the cloud]() Running \`npx hyperframes cloud render\` skips local Chrome, ffmpeg and AWS setup and frees the machine while it renders. 2026-06-21 - ## [HeyGen's HyperFrames comes to Grok]() Grok answers can now be turned into an AI avatar video without leaving the chat. 2026-06-21 - ## [HeyGen turns HTML into video and adds Custom Motion for avatars]() The May 2026 release also brings a real-time Digital Twin, four workflow integrations and a full Android app. 2026-06-06 - ## [HeyGen avatar hosts a 24/7 Twitch stream roasting code]() Viewers post a GitHub repo in chat and the avatar reviews it live, flagging bad design decisions as it goes. 2026-06-06 - ## [HeyGen adds an API for building cinematic avatar videos]() The API lets developers script avatar likeness and expression into a coding-agent video pipeline instead of using the app. 2026-06-06 - ## [HeyGen releases frame.md, a video brand-guidelines spec for AI agents]() It converts an existing design.md into video-native guidelines covering motion and framing for agent-generated video. 2026-06-06 - ## [HeyGen avatars can now be prompted from inside Lovable]() An MCP and OAuth integration lets anyone building on Lovable add a talking avatar without leaving the app-building workflow. 2026-06-06 - ## [HeyGen's HyperFrames templates now render on AWS Lambda]() Variables for text, colors and clips run parallel batch renders, and HeyGen published a migration guide for teams moving off Remotion Lambda. 2026-05-21 - ## [HeyGen cuts prices across its API]() Video generation, translation and other endpoints get lower rates, with quality and lip sync unchanged. 2026-05-20 - ## [HeyGen's Avatar V model launches on fal]() The model turns a 15-second recording into studio-quality video with stable identity across camera angles. 2026-05-20 - ## [HeyGen's Avatar V model now available via API]() Priced at $0.05 per second; HeyGen says it beat Veo 3.1, Kling O3 Pro, OmniHuman 1.5 and Seedance 2.0 on talking-head benchmarks. 2026-05-20 - ## [HeyGen shows how to direct Avatar V's custom motion]() A tutorial covers prompting eye contact, pacing, posture, gestures and energy shifts in avatar performances. 2026-05-20 - ## [HeyGen avatars can now follow written stage directions]() Custom Motion lets creators type cues like a lean-in or thumbs up for Avatar V to perform. 2026-05-17 - ## [HeyGen avatars now available directly inside Canva]() The AI-avatar tool integrates with Canva's 190 million-plus users for decks, training docs, social posts and marketing assets. 2026-05-15 [Open HeyGen updates on Creators Toolbox]() --- Canonical source: https://creatorstoolbox.com/updates/heygen