voice agents
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May 19, 2026
product updateAmazon Web Services
AWS launches Nova Sonic voice agent framework with AgentCore Runtime and three integration patterns
AWS released Amazon Nova Sonic, a speech-to-speech foundation model for voice agents, alongside AgentCore Runtime, a serverless hosting environment with WebSocket streaming and microVM isolation. The framework supports three integration patterns: direct tool calls via AgentCore Gateway using Model Context Protocol (MCP), sub-agent delegation with Agent-to-Agent (A2A) protocol, and session segmentation for multi-step workflows.