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title: Automatic Eager End-of-Turn Detection for Lower Voice AI Latency | Telnyx
canonical: https://telnyx.com/release-notes/automatic-eager-end-of-turn-deepgram-flux
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# Automatic Eager End-of-Turn Detection for Lower Voice AI Latency | Telnyx

[Release notes](https://telnyx.com/release-notes)

# Eager end-of-turn enabled by default for Deepgram Flux STT

### 14, Jan 2026

AI Assistants using Deepgram Flux now begin generating responses before a speaker fully finishes, while still waiting for confirmed turn completion before playback. This reduces perceived latency without changing agent behavior or introducing interruptions.

## What’s new

* **Eager end-of-turn processing:** Starts tentative LLM responses before final turn completion.
* **Default behavior:** Active for AI Assistants using Deepgram Flux STT.
* **Configurable threshold:** Control how early eager processing begins relative to turn certainty.
* **Automatic fallback:** Reverts to standard turn handling if the transcript changes mid-turn.

## Why it matters

* Reduces median response latency by \~150 ms when eager turns trigger.
* Improves tail latency, with top 5 percent savings reaching \~350 ms.
* Preserves conservative turn detection without added silence.
* Improves conversational flow without requiring configuration changes.

## Example use cases

* Voice agents that avoid interrupting slower or hesitant speakers.
* Customer support flows with frequent mid-sentence pauses.
* Scheduling and intake agents handling long-form answers..

## Getting started

1. Open your AI Assistant in the Mission Control Portal.
2. Navigate to **Voice** and scroll to the **Transcription** section.
3. Select **Deepgram Flux** as the transcription provider.
4. Set the **Eager end-of-turn threshold** based on how early you want tentative processing to begin.
  * The default value is **0.3**.
5. Adjust the standard end-of-turn threshold as needed to control final turn confirmation.
6. Set both thresholds to the same value to disable eager behavior.

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