Livekit Adds AI-Powered Speaker Isolation for Background Voice Suppression
What happened
Between the Mar 16, 2026 and Mar 23, 2026 captures of Livekit's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Added audio enhancement features including Speaker isolation using ai-coustics Voice Focus to suppress background voices [Speaker isolation: 100 mins (Ship), 1,000 mins (Scale), 10,000 mins (Enterprise) at $0.0012/min overage; Audio enhancement improves STT accuracy and VAD precision; Conversational intelligence enables end-of-turn detection and interruption handling]. Pulse files it as a product change (feature added) with an upward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Oct 26, 2026) lists Ship at $50 and Scale at $500.
It lands 38 days after Livekit's previous change, "Livekit rebrands Inference, adds Scale plan discounts" (Feb 16, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "Livekit Begins Billing for Agent Observability After Beta" (Week 2, 2026) and "Livekit Restructures Telephony Pricing with New Local and Toll-Free Number Options" (Jan 12, 2026). Livekit has been tracked since 2025-01-03.
In the same window Zoom, Ringcentral, Agora and Twilio also changed their Software Development & Testing pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Ship, Scale, Enterprise · FeatureFeature addedNot listed$0.0012/min
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ship, Scale, Enterprise | Feature | Not listed | $0.0012/min | Feature added |
Values as written on Livekit's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Livekit's pricing page (livekit.io) from Mar 16, 2026 and Mar 23, 2026; the change is marked around the middle of the page, where "Not listed" becomes "$0.0012/min".
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Livekit, the last 90 days
Full history- Jun 2, 2026improvedLivekit names Krisp NC and ai-coustics specs in audio filters
- Apr 13, 2026packagingLivekit swaps default LLM to GPT-5.3 and renames audio features
- Apr 4, 2026packagingLivekit Cuts Agent Session Limits, Adds Audio AI Features for Scale Plan
- Mar 26, 2026improvedLivekit Adds AI-Powered Speaker Isolation for Background Voice Suppression · this change
- Feb 16, 2026improvedLivekit rebrands Inference, adds Scale plan discounts
- Week 2, 2026improvedLivekit Begins Billing for Agent Observability After Beta
- Jan 12, 2026packagingLivekit Restructures Telephony Pricing with New Local and Toll-Free Number Options
Across Software Development & Testing in the same window
All Software Development & Testing changes- ZoomMar 26Zoom Phone raises prices up to 11.8% and cuts annual discount to 15%
- RingcentralMar 11Ringcentral Offers Up to 12 Months Free for Small Businesses
- AgoraMar 10Agora Launches Agent Studio for Autonomous AI Customer Service
- TwilioJan 22Twilio Task Router Pricing Soars by 140%, Now $0.06 per Task
Questions about this change
Did Livekit raise prices in March 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Mar 16, 2026 and Mar 23, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a product change: feature added.
What changed on Livekit's pricing page between Mar 16, 2026 and Mar 23, 2026?
Ship, Scale, Enterprise feature: Not listed → $0.0012/min. Pulse compared the captures it took on Mar 16, 2026 and Mar 23, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Livekit change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 3 other pricing-page changes for Livekit in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Livekit rebrands Inference, adds Scale plan discounts" on Feb 16, 2026; Livekit has been tracked since 2025-01-03.