From fb1bfd03dd60872998218e45bd8748d794bff695 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: antonyesk601 <antony_esk@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 10:35:50 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] update SimliClient to latest

---
 pyproject.toml                      | 2 +-
 src/pipecat/services/simli/video.py | 9 +++++----
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 28c1a7e8c..e71202252 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ sambanova = []
 sarvam = [ "sarvamai==0.1.21", "pipecat-ai[websockets-base]" ]
 sentry = [ "sentry-sdk>=2.28.0,<3" ]
 silero = [ "onnxruntime~=1.23.2" ]
-simli = [ "simli-ai~=1.0.3"]
+simli = [ "simli-ai~=2.0.1"]
 soniox = [ "pipecat-ai[websockets-base]" ]
 soundfile = [ "soundfile~=0.13.1" ]
 speechmatics = [ "speechmatics-voice[smart]~=0.2.8" ]
diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/simli/video.py b/src/pipecat/services/simli/video.py
index b1f7961af..9fc3665b6 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/simli/video.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/simli/video.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 """Simli video service for real-time avatar generation."""
 
+from cgitb import enable
+
 import asyncio
 import warnings
 from typing import Optional
@@ -131,7 +133,6 @@ class SimliVideoService(FrameProcessor):
             # Build SimliConfig from new parameters
             # Only pass optional parameters if explicitly provided to use SimliConfig defaults
             config_kwargs = {
-                "apiKey": api_key,
                 "faceId": face_id,
             }
             if params.max_session_length is not None:
@@ -153,10 +154,10 @@ class SimliVideoService(FrameProcessor):
         config.maxIdleTime += 5
         config.maxSessionLength += 5
         self._simli_client = SimliClient(
+            api_key=api_key,
             config=config,
-            latencyInterval=latency_interval,
             simliURL=simli_url,
-            enable_logging=params.enable_logging or False,
+            enableSFU=True,
         )
 
         self._pipecat_resampler: AudioResampler = None
@@ -173,7 +174,7 @@ class SimliVideoService(FrameProcessor):
         """Start the connection to Simli service and begin processing tasks."""
         try:
             if not self._initialized:
-                await self._simli_client.Initialize()
+                await self._simli_client.start()
                 self._initialized = True
 
             # Create task to consume and process audio and video

From a55ba4092113426c03ea901221d7f59334c721f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: antonyesk601 <antony_esk@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 10:41:17 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] fix: remove misimport

---
 src/pipecat/services/simli/video.py | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/simli/video.py b/src/pipecat/services/simli/video.py
index 9fc3665b6..880b40428 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/simli/video.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/simli/video.py
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 
 """Simli video service for real-time avatar generation."""
 
-from cgitb import enable
-
 import asyncio
 import warnings
 from typing import Optional