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What changed at Fonio most recently

We track the product because it changes what we recommend. Here is what is new, what you will notice and what — if anything — you need to do. No announcements, only changes with consequences.

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fonio 3.5

Migration to the new voices — the deadline was 7 August

Fonio announced that existing agents would be switched automatically to a voice from the new generation on Friday 7 August. Anyone who did nothing before that now sounds different without having chosen it.

  • Over 70 voices to choose from, all previewable directly in the editor.
  • Agents still on an old voice were migrated automatically.
  • The voice assigned automatically is not necessarily the one that fits your brand.

What you should do

Call your own agent once and hear how it sounds now. If the assigned voice does not fit, pick one yourself in the editor — it takes two minutes, and it is the voice your customers will hear.

Partner

Build a demo agent straight from a website

For us as partners the most useful tool in a long time: a finished agent is built from a prospect's website in seconds, knows their services — and can be called immediately.

  • Enter a website address, Fonio reads it and configures an agent from it.
  • The agent can be called directly — so you hear your own case, not an example from another industry.
  • No registration, no payment details required.

What you should do

If you are wondering whether this sounds right for you: take the demo before reading any feature list. It answers the question in two minutes.

fonio 3.5

New voice generation and automatic contact handling

The biggest update in a while: over 70 ultra-realistic voices. The most audible difference is with numbers — phone numbers, prices and appointment times are pronounced far more precisely, exactly where an agent used to sound artificial. On top of that, the AI can now create and enrich contacts itself.

  • Over 70 voices, all previewable directly in the editor.
  • Noticeably more natural speech output, especially for digit sequences.
  • Contacts are created and enriched automatically out of the conversation instead of being duplicated.
  • Someone calling a second time is recognised by their number and greeted by first name.
  • Speech processing runs with EU data residency and zero data retention — audio is not kept for model improvement.

What you should do

If you let contact data be stored automatically, that belongs in your privacy notice and in the greeting at the start of the call. Check both once.

fonio 3.5

WhatsApp summaries, Stora integration and blacklist

Three smaller features from the same release that matter more day to day than they sound.

  • Call summaries can be sent via WhatsApp — useful for anyone on the road who does not read email.
  • Integration with Stora. More integrations have been announced.
  • Blacklist: calls from blocked contacts are rejected before a conversation starts.

What you should do

Nothing to do — happens automatically.

Update

WhatsApp as a conversation channel, and blocking callers

Two features that extend the agent beyond the phone and keep spam out.

  • WhatsApp conversations: the agent recognises the request and hands the chat over to you or your team when needed.
  • Blocking callers: spam numbers can be blocked directly in your contacts — unwanted calls do not get through at all.

What you should do

If cold calls get through to you regularly, block those numbers in your contacts once. Every rejected call saves minutes from your quota.

Update

Outbound verification, new sender domains, better web search

Three changes, two of which need action from you — and the second is why some Fonio emails suddenly land in spam.

  • Outbound calls require a one-off business verification. It takes about two minutes and sits in your account under "Abo & Abrechnungen".
  • Platform emails now come from the domains user-mail.fonio.info and platform.fonio.info.
  • Web search was rebuilt: the agent can pull live information from your website and use it during the call.

What you should do

Add both sender domains to your safe senders, otherwise notifications end up in spam. And if you want to use outbound: do the verification before you need it, not halfway through.

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