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March 2026

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Platform UI Refresh

  • Redesigned navigation: sidebar with Explore, Library, Billing, Developer sections
  • Explore replaces the old Community page — browse agents, apps, videos, and books with category filters
  • Library replaces My Agents — view and manage your agents with new side-panel settings (Identity, Features, Distribute, Developer tabs)
  • Developer section consolidates API Keys, Webhooks, Integrations, and Docs in one place
  • New top navigation: Platform, Create, Plan, Docs, Case Studies, Contact
  • Credit balance visible in the top navigation bar
  • Agent context menu: Launch Agent, Create Video, Share, Clone, Embed, Download

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Documentation Updates

  • Updated all screenshots to match the March 2026 UI
  • Updated all navigation references (Developer → API Keys, Explore page, Library)
  • Updated prerequisites snippet with new Explore page download flow

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February 2026

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Expression Avatar v2 — Turbo VAE Decoder

  • 2.5x faster VAE decode (32ms → 13ms) with distilled Turbo-VAED decoder
  • Total pipeline: 103ms → 79ms per chunk (24% faster)
  • Throughput: 233 → 305 FPS on H100
  • Per-session TRT contexts eliminate concurrent session artifacts

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Self-Hosted GPU Container

  • Published sgubithuman/expression-avatar:latest Docker image
  • Supports up to 8 concurrent sessions per GPU
  • Cold start ~50s, warm start 4-6s
  • ~5 GB auto-downloaded model weights (cached in Docker volume)

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Developer Examples Overhaul

  • Fixed Docker Compose env_file handling across all 4 example stacks
  • Standardized .env.example files with section headers and inline help
  • Expanded READMEs with architecture diagrams, config tables, verification steps
  • Added api/test.py for zero-friction API credential validation
  • Added AGENTS.md for AI coding agent discoverability
  • Added llms.txt and llms-full.txt for AI documentation indexing
  • Published OpenAPI specification

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REST API

  • POST /v1/agent/{code}/speak — make avatar speak text in active sessions
  • POST /v1/agent/{code}/add-context — inject silent background knowledge
  • Improved error responses with consistent error codes and messages

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SDK & Plugin

  • livekit-plugins-bithuman — Expression model support with model="expression"
  • bithuman.AvatarSession — unified interface for cloud, CPU, and GPU modes
  • Animal mode support for Essence avatars

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January 2026

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Essence Avatar

  • CPU-only avatar rendering from .imx model files
  • 25 FPS real-time on 4+ core machines
  • Cross-platform: Linux, macOS (M2+), Windows (WSL)

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Platform API

  • Agent generation from text prompts + image/video/audio
  • Agent management (CRUD operations)
  • File upload (URL and base64)
  • Dynamics/gesture generation and triggering

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Integrations

  • LiveKit Cloud Plugin
  • Website embed (iframe with JWT)
  • Webhooks (room.join, chat.push events)
  • Flutter full-stack example
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