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Research · 24 October 2026
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Researchers present Heartbeat Thinking to reduce latency in real-time voice agents

Tool‑using voice agents often make users wait after speech ends even when actionable information arrives earlier. Heartbeat Thinking handles updated input via new Thinker invocations, allowing tool execution to continue while speech is ongoing.

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Measure latency reductions from Heartbeat Thinking in voice assistant flows; prioritize speculative tool execution.

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