--- title: Resources - Telnyx Blog - whatsapp-business-api canonical: https://telnyx.com/fil-ph/resources/topic/whatsapp-business-api --- # Resources - Telnyx Blog - whatsapp-business-api Resources # Read it, clone it, or ask the machine. Infrastructure for real-time agents, documented as it ships. Release notes as features land, guides from the engineers who built the network, builds you can clone, and machine-readable versions of everything. [START BUILDING](https://portal.telnyx.com/#/login/sign-up) [RELEASE NOTES](#releases) [DOCS](https://developers.telnyx.com/docs/overview) Shipped this month * [13 OctAvatars Now in Beta for Telnyx Voice AI Assistants](https://telnyx.com/release-notes/ai-assistant-avatars-beta) * [9 OctAI Assistants Can Now Use More Than One Transcription Model](https://telnyx.com/release-notes/ai-assistants-multiple-transcription-models) * [7 OctObservability Now Available for StatefulActor on Telnyx](https://telnyx.com/release-notes/stateful-actor-observability) * [7 OctWhatsApp Coexistence Now Available](https://telnyx.com/release-notes/whatsapp-coexistence) * [2 OctAI Gateway: give each team its own models, budgets and guardrails in Mission Control](https://telnyx.com/release-notes/ai-gateway) * [1 OctAgent Memory API Now in Beta on Telnyx](https://telnyx.com/release-notes/telnyx-agent-memory-api-beta) * [30 SepOpenAI GPT-Live Now Available for Telnyx Voice AI Assistants](https://telnyx.com/release-notes/openai-gpt-live-voice-ai-assistants) Open source builds 517 Releases in 30 days 12 Countries covered 140+ Companies building 14,000+ Start here ## Four doors, by what you’re doing. * [What shippedRelease notes as features land, dated and tagged by product.Release notes](#releases) * [Building todayDocs start with a curl. Typed reference, SDKs in seven languages.developers.telnyx.com](https://developers.telnyx.com/docs/overview) * [CloningOpen-source agent builds on GitHub. Working code, README, .env.example.github.com/team-telnyx](https://github.com/team-telnyx) * [For machinesEvery surface above as text and JSON, for the agents reading this.Machine-readable](#machines) Release notes ## What shipped. Dated, by product, as it happens. Weekly or faster. Pick a product to see everything in that line. Filter by product All12Edge Compute1Network2Voice AI2Voice API1WhatsApp1 * [13 Oct 2026Avatars Now in Beta for Telnyx Voice AI AssistantsSix preset avatars for Telnyx AI Assistants, rendered on Telnyx infrastructure and opt-in per conversation. $0.08/min from November 1, 2026.Read the note](https://telnyx.com/release-notes/ai-assistant-avatars-beta) * [9 Oct 2026AI Assistants Can Now Use More Than One Transcription ModelAI Assistants can now run fallback transcription models or a language booster alongside the main model, for calls that survive failures and more accurate multilingual transcription.Read the note](https://telnyx.com/release-notes/ai-assistants-multiple-transcription-models) * [7 Oct 2026Observability Now Available for StatefulActor on TelnyxStatefulActor (beta) now has built-in observability: runtime logs, invocation logs, and metrics from the telnyx-edge CLI. No separate monitoring stack to wire up.Read the note](https://telnyx.com/release-notes/stateful-actor-observability) * [7 Oct 2026WhatsApp Coexistence Now AvailableUse the WhatsApp Business App and the Telnyx WhatsApp Business API on the same phone number for automated and manual messaging.Read the note](https://telnyx.com/release-notes/whatsapp-coexistence) * [2 Oct 2026AI Gateway: give each team its own models, budgets and guardrails in Mission ControlAI Gateway is now available in Mission Control, giving each team its own models, spend caps and guardrails without sharing a master API key.Read the note](https://telnyx.com/release-notes/ai-gateway) * [1 Oct 2026Agent Memory API Now in Beta on TelnyxTelnyx Agent Memory (Beta) gives AI agents long-term memory through one API, with a profile per user, caller, or agent.Read the note](https://telnyx.com/release-notes/telnyx-agent-memory-api-beta) * [30 Sep 2026OpenAI GPT-Live Now Available for Telnyx Voice AI AssistantsOpenAI GPT-Live, a full-duplex speech-to-speech model, is now a model option in Telnyx Voice AI Assistants, with tool calls handled through delegation.Read the note](https://telnyx.com/release-notes/openai-gpt-live-voice-ai-assistants) * [30 Sep 2026Chennai, India Anchorsite for SIP ConnectionsTelnyx adds a Chennai, India anchorsite for SIP connections, giving customers a second local entry point in India alongside Mumbai.Read the note](https://telnyx.com/release-notes/chennai-india-anchorsite-for-sip-connections) Showing the 8 most recent of 12 notes. [View all releases](https://telnyx.com/release-notes) Guides and articles ## Written by the people who run the network. Not sure where to start? Browse the library by product - deep dives, setup guides and working demos, every one dated, bylined and never behind a form. 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Compare ## Three layers. Three sets of competitors. Every page is built from the competitor’s public rate card, with the date it was pulled. Where they are excellent, we say so. ### Edge Compute 4 pages Cloudflare put compute at the edge of the internet. We put it at the edge of the phone network. Their network reaches the internet; ours reaches the internet and the phone network. * [Primary frameTelnyx vs CloudflareRead](https://telnyx.com/the-best-cloudflare-alternative) * [vsTelnyx vs Together.aiRead](https://telnyx.com/the-best-together-alternative) * [vsTelnyx vs FireworksRead](https://telnyx.com/the-best-fireworks-alternative) * [vsTelnyx vs BasetenRead](https://telnyx.com/the-best-baseten-alternative) ### Agent Platform 4 pages Prototypes assemble. Production owns. When the demo becomes a business, the rented stack is where it breaks. * [vsTelnyx vs VapiRead](https://telnyx.com/the-best-vapi-alternative) * [vsTelnyx vs RetellRead](https://telnyx.com/the-best-retell-alternative) * [vsTelnyx vs ElevenLabsRead](https://telnyx.com/the-best-elevenlabs-alternative) * [vsTelnyx vs LiveKitRead](https://telnyx.com/the-best-livekit-alternative) ### Global Communications 4 pages Telnyx is the carrier. We hold the licenses, own the numbers, and control the interconnects, other CPaaS providers rent numbers and buy PSTN access from someone who does. * [vsTelnyx vs TwilioRead](https://telnyx.com/the-better-twilio-alternative) * [vsTelnyx vs BandwidthRead](https://telnyx.com/the-better-bandwidth-alternative) * [vsTelnyx vs VonageRead](https://telnyx.com/the-better-vonage-voice-api-alternative) * [vsTelnyx vs Amazon ConnectRead](https://telnyx.com/amazon-connect-alternative-why-telnyx-is-a-smarter-choice) Also compared [Amazon S3](https://telnyx.com/the-better-amazon-s3-alternative) [Backblaze B2](https://telnyx.com/the-better-backblaze-b2-alternative) [Azure Blob](https://telnyx.com/the-better-microsoft-azure-blob-alternative) [Google Cloud Storage](https://telnyx.com/the-better-google-cloud-storage-alternative) [1NCE](https://telnyx.com/the-better-1nce-alternative) [Emnify](https://telnyx.com/the-better-emnify-alternative) [Hologram](https://telnyx.com/the-better-hologram-alternative) [Kore Wireless](https://telnyx.com/the-better-kore-wireless-alternative) Every comparison cites the competitor’s public card and the date pulled. Rates on [telnyx.com/pricing](https://telnyx.com/pricing). For the agents reading this ## Everything above, as data. Read the docs, the API surface, and the signup flow without a human in the loop. * [llms.txtIndex of every documented surface. Start here if you're a model.Text](https://telnyx.com/llms.txt) * [llms-full.txtThe full corpus in one file, for a single fetch into context.Text](https://telnyx.com/llms-full.txt) * [openapi.jsonThe complete v2 API surface as an OpenAPI document.JSON](https://telnyx.com/openapi.json) * [agent-signup.mdProvision an account programmatically. No sales queue.Markdown](https://telnyx.com/agent-signup.md) * [agents/startThe fast path: what to read, in what order, to start building.Text](https://telnyx.com/agents/start) ## Read less. Clone more. Working code and a curl beat a whitepaper. When you want a human, they run the network and pick up 24/7. 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