On January 15, 2026, the large model evaluation ranking, Artificial Analysis Speech Reasoning, was updated, with Step-Aster's native speech reasoning model, Step-Audio-R1.1, claiming the top spot. This ranking is one of the third-party benchmarks for evaluating 'native speech models,' focusing primarily on the model's ability to directly process audio and perform complex logical reasoning. The main evaluation dimensions include accuracy, first-packet latency, and more.
