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HeyGen's HyperFrames skill is now in Computer's skills marketplace, turning a video description into an MP4 with HTML scenes; free through October 31.

A user tests HeyGen Video 1 text-to-video: up to 30 seconds per take, multiple styles, $0.01 per second, callable via MCP or a single API call.

HeyGen Video 1 now generates up to 30 seconds in one continuous 2K shot in any style, with $0.01/sec promo pricing through Oct 31.

HeyGen launches Video 1, claiming both speed and quality: prompt, photo or reference in, a 2K shot with sound out in under a minute, in any style, live on HeyGen and its API.

Artificial Analysis' controlled voice arena ranks HeyGen Voice Turbo first of 46 models with an Elo of 1,202, and at $4 per 1M characters it is the cheapest model on the leaderboard, 7.5x cheaper than its predecessor.

HeyGen says Voice Turbo holds the top two spots on Artificial Analysis's text-to-speech leaderboard, is live on the API, and its Turbo endpoint is free through November 30.

HeyGen says Video 1 can be generated with a single message to an agent and comes back ready to post.

After HeyGen Video launched and HeyGen Voice topped Artificial Analysis, a HeyGen executive argues open models will dominate video and voice, shifting the moat to private data and cost.

Ryan Serhant plans to use HeyGen to create an AI avatar of himself and post one original piece of content every day for the next 12 months; the author sees this as a scaling advantage for big influencers that small businesses can hardly copy.

A user runs the same script through HeyGen's new video model at 16:9, 768p and 15 seconds, calling it a first attempt to save credits and asking for improvement tips.

A HeyGen team member says users who share a great HyperFrames desktop app video and explain their process in the comments will receive API credits for HeyGen's video 1 and voice 1 models.

HeyGen's voice model topped the Artificial Analysis voice benchmark and is now available in the HyperFrames desktop app via an API key, with lower pricing and higher voice quality than competitors.