TiAiMe · Voice assistant QA

Which AI model should power the voice assistant?

We tested five AI models two ways: — scripted scenarios on the test sheet, and every real conversation in ElevenLabs (—, each read in full). On the sheet the models finish within — points of each other. In real use the gap is wider: GPT 5.6 Luna makes the fewest mistakes but is the slowest to reply, GLM-5.2 is the most dependable of the fast models, and Qwen 3.5, the current model, makes the most mistakes. — scenarios fail on every model and need app fixes.

Most accurateGPT 5.6 Luna
Best fast optionGLM-5.2
Move offQwen 3.5

Test sheet: how each model did

Score gives full credit for a pass and half credit for a partial result, out of the scenarios each model was tested on. Slow replies are scenarios where the tester wrote down a slow response time (usually 5 to 9 seconds).

Pass: did what was expected Partial: worked, with a flaw Fail: wrong, refused or couldn't do it
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What both reviews say

  • The test sheet and real calls disagree. Qwen 3.5 tops the sheet by a few points but makes the most mistakes in real conversations. GPT 5.6 Luna sits mid-table on the sheet but is the most accurate in real use.
  • Speed is the trade-off. The GPT Luna models start replying after about two seconds, against about half a second for the others, and testers noticed it in both reviews.
  • Model choice won't fix the biggest gaps. The scenarios that fail everywhere, and editing one occurrence of a recurring event, need app or tool changes.
  • Timezones are risky for every model: GPT 6 Luna refuses to convert, and the others sometimes convert wrongly. A conversion tool would remove that risk.

See what real conversations show

Biggest app gaps (fail on every model)

  • Recurring events: editing, moving or deleting one occurrence changes the whole series or is refused.
  • Reminders: standalone reminders are created but can't be found, edited or deleted later, and there is no screen to view them.
  • Logged (untracked) time: the AI says it saved the entry, but it shows nowhere and can't be edited or removed.
  • Contacts: changing a phone or email adds a second one instead of replacing it.
  • Voice session: no recovery after network loss, and the session stops in the background or when switching to Bluetooth.

Score by feature area

Weakest areas at the top. Green is 85% or more, amber 60 to 85%, red below 60%.

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Scenarios that fail on every model

Switching models will not fix these. Each needs a product or app change.

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Every scenario, model by model

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ID Scenario Area GPT 5.6 Luna GPT 6 Luna DeepSeek 4.1 Flash GLM-5.2 Qwen 3.5

What real conversations show

We read every conversation the TiAiMe In-App assistant had in ElevenLabs while each model was live: — in total, of which — had a real request (the rest were greetings, silence or empty sessions). Each was scored from its full transcript on the same rubric: did the assistant pick the right tool with the right details, did it say something was done when it wasn't, and did it sound like a person or a machine.

Side by side

Green marks the best model in each column and red the weakest. Scores and rates use only conversations with a real request. Tasks done leaves out calls where the user left before the assistant could finish. Reply start is the median time for the model to begin answering.

Model Test sheet score Conversations scored Tool use (of 5) Sounds natural (of 5) Tasks fully done False "done" per 10 calls Wrong tool or details per 10 calls Calls with technical speech Reply starts after

Most common problems in real calls

Share of each model's conversations (with a real request) where the problem or strength showed up at least once. Darker means more often.

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Our read

  • Reading every conversation changes the picture from the earlier sample. GPT 5.6 Luna is the most accurate model in real use: the fewest false "done" claims and the highest share of tasks finished. It still leads when only the harder, multi-step conversations are compared.
  • Its cost is speed. Both GPT Luna models take about two seconds or more to start answering, against about half a second for the other three. The testers felt this too: the sheet notes 5 to 9 second responses for the GPT models.
  • Among the fast models, GLM-5.2 is the most dependable: fewer wrong details and false claims than DeepSeek or Qwen, and the most honest when a save fails.
  • DeepSeek 4.1 Flash sounds the most natural, but about once every three conversations it said something was done that wasn't, mostly on recurring events.
  • Qwen 3.5, the current model and the test sheet leader, is the weakest in real use: technical text read aloud in nearly half of its calls, the most wrong details, and frequent false "done" claims.
  • Recurring events trip up every model. Editing or deleting one occurrence needs a dedicated tool; no model switch fixes that.

Recommendation: move off Qwen 3.5. Run GPT 5.6 Luna and GLM-5.2 head to head on the same agent version and test script. Pick GPT 5.6 Luna if its reply delay is acceptable in that test; otherwise pick GLM-5.2 and fix the confirmation-card and event-edit issues in the prompt.

Caveats: each model ran in a different week, on a different version of the agent's prompt, mostly with the same QA testers but different scripts. The GPT 5.6 Luna weeks had more and simpler sessions (about 6 tool calls per conversation against 10 to 12 for the others), which is why the harder conversations were also compared separately. Treat this as a strong signal, not a controlled test.

Every reviewed conversation

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Conversation Model What the user asked Outcome Tool use Natural False done

How the results were graded

Source: the TiAiMe voice-based daily user test sheet, where a tester wrote a free-text note for each model on each scenario. Claude read every note and graded it against the expected result. A slow reply alone still counts as a pass. Partial covers answers that were right but carried wrong extra details, needed an extra confirmation step, or saved something the tester could not see in the app. Blank notes count as not tested and are left out of the score. These grades are a judgment call on the notes, so treat small score differences as a tie.

The conversation review covers all 442 conversations of the TiAiMe In-App agent in ElevenLabs from 18 September to 27 October 2026, each read in full. Each model was matched to the agent version it ran on, and the model was confirmed in every conversation's usage record. A handful of conversations also show a few turns from Gemini 2.5 Flash, an automatic fallback; they are counted under the main model. Tool errors caused by the user talking over an on-screen card were not counted against the model. Reply start uses ElevenLabs' first-token or first-sentence timing, which is close to but not exactly the same measure for every model.