HeyGen Voice Debuts at #1 on Artificial Analysis TTS Leaderboard, First Voice Model Built for Video

HeyGen announced HeyGen Voice on October 9, 2026, achieving the top ranking on Artificial Analysis' Controlled Voice TTS Arena Leaderboard with an Elo rating of 1,201—the first voice synthesis model from the video platform evaluated in the benchmark arena. The ranked position puts it ahead of Alibaba's Qwen-Audio-3.1-TTS-Plus (1,182 Elo) and ElevenLabs' Eleven v4 Turbo (1,166 Elo), establishing HeyGen as a competitive player in the AI voice synthesis space.