Cursor adds realtime voice calls for coding agents

How to start a voice call

Cursor's changelog says users can start a call when an agent is idle and the chat input is empty. They can click the waveform button labeled Start voice chat, which appears where the Send button usually sits, next to the microphone button used for dictation.

On iOS, users can also say "Hey Siri, call Cursor" to start a call with a new agent. A Live Activity on the Lock Screen provides controls to mute or hang up.

Voice conversations continue during coding work

The voice agent listens and replies, then passes coding work to the agent in the chat. Users can continue talking while that agent runs, including asking what changed in a diff or checking on a run.

Cursor also says users can search earlier messages and calls with the agent, or switch between workers in a Project that has them. The coding agent can speak for itself while working, sharing short progress notes and a brief answer when it finishes. This means users usually hear a short update instead of the full written reply.

Grok Voice powers the feature

Voice chat runs on Grok Voice. Cursor says users can choose from many voices in Voice settings, including Ara, Eve, Leo, Rex and Sal.

The company also says voice chat supports zero data retention when Privacy Mode is enabled. Cursor directs users to update the app to try the feature and provides additional information in its documentation.

Voice chat is separate from dictation

Cursor distinguishes the new feature from dictation, which earlier releases called Voice Mode. Dictation converts speech into text in the chat input, and the IDE shortcut Cmd+Shift+Space continues to toggle it.

Voice chat instead creates a two-way conversation in which the agent answers out loud. The distinction gives Cursor users separate tools for entering a written prompt by voice and holding an ongoing spoken conversation with a coding agent.