## Voice Mode
### New Features
* Configure Voice Mode assistants with expanded Advanced Options for
speech detection, microphone processing, spoken voice, and response
speed.
* Choose between Semantic VAD and Server VAD to control how Voice Mode
detects when a user has finished speaking.
* Use Semantic VAD eagerness controls to tune how long the assistant
should wait for the user to continue speaking before responding.
* Fine-tune Server VAD settings, including activation threshold, prefix
padding, silence duration, and idle timeout.
* Choose and preview the realtime voice used by a Voice Mode assistant.
* Adjust spoken response speed for Voice Mode assistants, with 1.0 as
the default speed.
* Configure microphone noise reduction with Far field, Near field, or
Off options.
### Notes
* New Assistants will default to somewhat different settings than the
configuration setup previously enforced by the server:
* Voice: Marin. OpenAI recommends using Marin or Cedar for the highest
audio quality.
* Speed: 1.0x. Previously 1.15x.
* Automatic turn detection: Semantic VAD
* Eagerness: Auto, currently equivalent to `medium`. Previously `high`.
* Noise reduction: Far field
* Timing for Server (Normal) VAD: 0.5 threshold, 300ms prefix padding,
500ms silence duration, no idle timeout. These options were unavailable
in previous versions because PingPong only supported Semantic VAD.