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Chat SDK adds AgentPhone support

Chat SDK now gives AI bots their own phone number. One webhook, one thread, voice + SMS unified.

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Why it matters

Developers can now deploy multimodal AI agents across voice and text channels without building separate integrations—lowering the friction to production AI applications that handle real-time customer interaction.

The key facts

10 to know
  1. Chat SDK now supports AgentPhone with .vendor-official adapter

  2. Single webhook handles both calls and messages

  3. Call transcripts delivered as messages for unified bot response

  4. Voice and SMS maintain context in single thread

  5. Launched June 1, 2026 by Vercel

  6. Chat SDK adds AgentPhone support via .vendor-official adapter

  7. Single webhook handles calls and messages to same number

  8. Call transcripts delivered as messages for SMS/iMessage response

  9. Unified thread maintains context across voice and text channels

  10. Eliminates need for separate pipelines per channel

Go to the source

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Publisher excerpt: Chat SDK now supports AgentPhone with the new .vendor-official adapter Give your bot its own phone number so it can handle voice calls and text messages using the same handlers you already write. When a call ends, the transcript is delivered as a message, allowing your bot to respond via SMS or…
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