Character.AI, the immensely popular digital avatar startup, has announced a groundbreaking feature allowing users to engage in real-time conversations with their favorite AI agents. This new feature, dubbed ‘Character Call’, is now available to all users and promises to revolutionize how people interact with AI.
Since its inception in 2021, Character.AI has been at the forefront of creating intelligent chatbots designed to engage users in immersive and interactive conversations. Initially, these interactions were confined to text-based communication, akin to other popular chatbots like Gemini or Claude. However, in March 2024, the company introduced ‘Character Voice’, a suite of tools enabling users to converse with their selected avatars using AI-generated voices. This library, encompassing over a million distinct vocals crafted by both the Character.AI team and its vibrant user community, brought an unprecedented level of realism to the interactions.
Character Call streamlines this process, allowing users to simply initiate a call to their preferred avatar within the Character.AI app. While Character Voice was initially limited to English, Character Call now supports English, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, and ‘many more’ languages according to the company.
Character.AI envisions a wide range of applications for this innovative feature, encompassing tasks both practical and playful. Users can leverage Character Call to practice foreign languages, rehearse presentations for upcoming job interviews, build confidence for social situations, or even add an AI-generated party member to their next Dungeons & Dragons campaign.
While Character.AI recently removed its group chat room feature from the web version, the company has acknowledged the appeal of group interactions and has hinted at potential workarounds for those eager to recreate the experience of party lines popular in the 1970s.
The introduction of Character Call marks another significant milestone in the evolution of Character.AI, solidifying its position as a leading force in the realm of interactive AI experiences. As the company continues to innovate, the possibilities for engaging with AI are seemingly boundless.
