
What is WebSocket?
Recently, we published a blog post describing why WebSockets are great for real-time services. In this article, we describe the process of establishing, maintaining and closing the WebSockets connection.

Recently, we published a blog post describing why WebSockets are great for real-time services. In this article, we describe the process of establishing, maintaining and closing the WebSockets connection.

The WebSocket protocol (commonly referred to as “WebSockets”) enables real time interactive data exchanges between clients and servers, and application-to-application. It is ideal for connecting communications applications to services offered by specialized cloud providers.

Use Realtime API in VoxEngine to build speech-to-speech voice AI with data residency control. Set baseUrl to any OpenAI Realtime-compatible endpoint, including Azure EU deployments, and control where call audio is processed

Voximplant has added a WebSocket privacy option that redacts message payloads from logs across all WebSocket-based services – Voice AI connectors and external speech system – and speech control modules

Voximplant AI Agent Skills let your coding agent build and ship voice applications without switching tools

Connect any OpenAI-compatible text LLM to your voice AI pipeline in VoxEngine via Chat Completions or Responses API. Set baseUrl to any provider or your own deployment, including EU endpoints for data residency

Voximplant now supports Inworld's Realtime API, so you can bring Inworld's expressive, conversation-aware agents into real phone calls, SIP, and WhatsApp without custom media infrastructure

Voximplant now includes a native MCP Client for VoxEngine, giving developers direct connectivity to any MCP server and full control over every tool call

Voximplant now includes a native Grok module that connects any Voximplant call to xAI’s Grok Voice Agent API for real-time, speech-to-speech conversations. With a single VoxEngine scenario, you can interact via audio with Grok over phone numbers, SIP trunks and infrastructure, WhatsApp Business, or WebRTC into Grok — all without building custom media gateways or WebSocket streaming infrastructure.

A practical guide to running a compliant voice AI stack on Voximplant: EU data residency, compliance documentation, and what to verify at each layer — telephony, LLM, STT, and TTS