Hiya Deepfake Voice Detector
Vendor Hiya, Inc. Official site hiya.com/products/deepfake-voice-detector How this card is sourced
The Hiya Deepfake Voice Detector "requires only 1 second of audio to perform a verification" and had 4,000 users at version 1.2.2, per its Chrome Web Store listing (chromewebstore.google.com, read 10 November 2026). The scope is a browser tab: the tool is a voice detector packaged as a free Google Chrome extension that answers whether "a voice in a video or audio played in a Chrome tab is real or AI-generated", with no upload form, no API of its own and no text, image or video analysis. Hiya launched it on October 17, 2024 as a free web tool "in run up to US election and beyond", built on the AI Voice Detection technology it acquired with Loccus.ai in July 2024 (hiya.com newsroom, read 10 November 2026). The card joins the detector index beside the other voice tools, and how this card is sourced explains why a platform figure is quoted rather than ranked.
What the Hiya Deepfake Voice Detector detects
| Field | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Content types detected | Voice: the voice in a video or audio played in a chrome tab | chromewebstore.google.com/detail/hiya-dee... |
| Generators covered | No generator named: Detects voices created by all popular voice synthesis tools (Chrome Web Store, Key Features) | chromewebstore.google.com/detail/hiya-dee... |
| Input limits | Free Google Chrome extension: Detect if a voice in a video or audio played in a Chrome tab is real or AI-generated (Chrome Web Store). Product page: Jump to the content you want to analyze. Then click the button to analyze a sample. Key Features: Real-time detection; Multi-language; Works on any website; Requires only 1 second of audio to perform a verification. The press release of October 17, 2024: By sampling just one second of video or audio, it can determine if the voice is authentic or generated by a voice cloning tool (AI). No file upload, no maximum length and no quota are published for the extension; the vendor's Audio Intelligence API, which serves the same AI Voice Detection to businesses, accepts media files of up to 5 minutes and 64 mebibytes decodable by FFmpeg, with a 750 millisecond minimum voice duration for its phone authenticity model v9 (developer docs). | chromewebstore.google.com/detail/hiya-dee... |
| Free tier | Free: Deepfake Voice Detector is a free browser extension (product page); Key Features: Free (Chrome Web Store); Ready to analyze? Try it for FREE today! No quota, daily limit or sign-in is published for the extension | hiya.com/products/deepfake-voice-detector |
| API | Yes, developer.hiya.com/docs/audio-intel/intro... | developer.hiya.com/docs/audio-intel/intro... |
| Integrations | Google Chrome extension (Chrome Web Store id akmieeldmgcllmokbpaibfelofjiilpc), Hiya Audio Intelligence API for the same AI Voice Detection (authenticity verifications at api.hiya.com/audiointel/{region}/v1; credits-metered, no public price), Hiya AI Phone app and carrier or device integrations for live calls (AI Voice Detection page FAQ; not the extension) | hiya.com/products/protect/ai-voice-detection |
| Data retention | The Chrome Web Store listing discloses that the extension handles Personally identifiable information and Website content and links the App Data Protection and Privacy Policy (Effective date May 31, 2018, Last reviewed March 1, 2024): We process personal data only for so long as is necessary for the purpose(s) for which it was originally collected, after which it will be deleted or archived except to the extent that it is necessary for us to continue to process it for the purpose of compliance with legal obligations to which we are subject or for another legitimate and lawful purpose. The Website Privacy Policy (Last reviewed February 26, 2024) states the same only for so long as is necessary. Neither policy names the extension or the audio it samples, and no period is stated. | hiya.com/legal/hiya-data-policy |
| Launch year | 2024 | hiya.com/products/deepfake-voice-detector |
| Ownership | Hiya, Inc., 701 5th Ave, Seattle, WA 98104, US (developer address on the Chrome Web Store listing; the Terms of Service for consumer services, last reviewed January 27, 2025, name King County, Washington for small claims). The extension was launched on October 17, 2024 (press release: Hiya Launches Free Web Tool To Help People Identify Deepfakes In Run Up To US Election And Beyond) and is Powered by Hiya AI Voice Detection, the technology Hiya acquired with Loccus.ai on July 25, 2024 (press release: Loccus.ai's deepfake voice detection technology is now available as Hiya AI Voice Detection). Chrome Web Store listing read 10 November 2026: version 1.2.2, Updated November 24, 2024, 4,000 users, 2.8 out of 5 from 9 ratings, Offered by Hiya Inc. | chromewebstore.google.com/detail/hiya-dee... |
The product page describes a two-step check: "Jump to the content you want to analyze. Then click the button to analyze a sample" (hiya.com/products/deepfake-voice-detector, read 10 November 2026). The Chrome Web Store listing's Key Features are "Free, Real-time detection, Multi-language, Works on any website, Detects voices created by all popular voice synthesis tools, Requires only 1 second of audio to perform a verification" (chromewebstore.google.com, read 10 November 2026). No generator is named, so the generators field records the "all popular voice synthesis tools" line and the generator count stays empty; "Multi-language" comes with no list, so the language count stays empty too.
The vendor is Hiya, Inc. of 701 5th Ave, Seattle, the developer address on the listing, and the extension is "Powered by Hiya AI Voice Detection", the product page for which says the technology "uses AI to identify synthetic, deepfake, or AI-generated voices during live phone calls" for carriers, device makers and contact centres (hiya.com/products/protect/ai-voice-detection, read 10 November 2026). The Loccus.ai acquisition release of July 25, 2024 said the acquired system "can identify AI voices with just 1.5 seconds of audio", half a second more than the extension's listing claims three months later (hiya.com newsroom, read 10 November 2026). The sibling voice cards are ElevenLabs AI Speech Classifier, which scores only its own vendor's output, and Pindrop Pulse, sold to contact centres; the McAfee Deepfake Detector is the other browser-side voice tool on the register.
Limits and plans
| Plan | Price | Limits | Checked on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hiya Deepfake Voice Detector (Chrome extension) | Free | Chrome extension, 150KiB, version 1.2.2; analyses the voice in a video or audio playing in the tab from one second of audio; no sign-in (Chrome Web Store, read 10 November 2026). |
The extension publishes one input figure, the one second of audio, and no maximum, quota, file list or sign-in. The listing's Details read version 1.2.2, "Updated November 24, 2024", size 150KiB, language "English (United States)" for the listing itself, and a rating of 2.8 out of 5 from 9 ratings (chromewebstore.google.com, read 10 November 2026). The same technology sold through the Hiya Audio Intelligence API carries published limits that the extension does not: media files "must not exceed 5 minutes" and 64 mebibytes, decodable by FFmpeg, and the phone authenticity model v9 needs a "Minimum Voice Duration" of 750 milliseconds, with the English and Spanish languages making up "a significant part of its training dataset" (developer.hiya.com, read 10 November 2026). The API field on this card is marked available on that documentation, with no public price: its endpoints answer 429 "Not enough credits", and the price of a credit is not published.
Nothing is sold with the extension. "Deepfake Voice Detector is a free browser extension" (product page) and "Free" (listing), so the plans table carries one row and no price.
Retention is stated in the policy the listing links, not for the extension itself. The App Data Protection and Privacy Policy (Effective date May 31, 2018, Last reviewed March 1, 2024) says: "We process personal data only for so long as is necessary for the purpose(s) for which it was originally collected, after which it will be deleted or archived except to the extent that it is necessary for us to continue to process it for the purpose of compliance with legal obligations" (hiya.com/legal/hiya-data-policy, read 10 November 2026). The listing discloses that the extension handles "Personally identifiable information" and "Website content", and that the data is "Not being sold to third parties, outside of the approved use cases". Neither policy names the extension or the audio it samples, and no period is given, so the retention rank field stays empty, the reading the index gave the ElevenLabs AI Speech Classifier.
What the vendor claims
No figure is published for the extension itself. AI Voice Detection page (read 10 November 2026), the technology the extension is Powered by: Accuracy: Over 99% (accuracy) vs. the most complex In-the-wild datasets, setting the industry benchmark. Speed: Verifications in fractions of a second. Flexibility: Language and channel independent, including the most challenging low-quality audio. Loccus.ai acquisition release (July 25, 2024): Loccus.ai identifies AI-generated voice in real-time, setting the industry benchmark for detection accuracy. No dataset, sample count or test date accompanies the figure.
The figure belongs to the platform, not the extension. The AI Voice Detection page states "Over 99% (accuracy) vs. the most complex In-the-wild datasets, setting the industry benchmark", "Verifications in fractions of a second" and "Language and channel independent, including the most challenging low-quality audio" (hiya.com/products/protect/ai-voice-detection, read 10 November 2026). No dataset, sample count or test date accompanies the 99%, and the extension's own listing prints no figure. The claim gap field on this card therefore stays empty: the number is stated for the technology the extension is "Powered by", and no indexed study tested either.
The caveat is the vendor's own and sits on the listing: "Please note that this extension utilizes probabilistic algorithms, which means that its predictions or outputs are based on statistical analysis and may not always be 100% accurate. While we strive to provide the best possible results, we cannot guarantee complete accuracy. Use the extension with this understanding, and always verify important information independently" (chromewebstore.google.com, read 10 November 2026). The product page's marketing promise, that the extension is "designed to provide a [...] browsing experience", does not add a measurement. No false positive rate is published.
What independent studies found
No record in the studies index tested the Hiya Deepfake Voice Detector or Hiya AI Voice Detection, read 10 November 2026 in the data file. The two speech records, ASVspoof 5 and SAFE 2025, score anonymised challenge entrants, so the study count on this card is zero and the false positive, false negative and robustness fields carry no value. The launch release names AFP Fact Check, the Deepfake Analysis Unit, RTVE.es and TrueMedia.org as organisations using the technology (hiya.com newsroom, read 10 November 2026); a customer list is not a test.
Until a primary source scores the tool, the 99% is the vendor's, and the card ranks on nothing. The voice and video question lists the cards that claim both media; this card claims voice only, and it reads the audio of a video rather than its frames.
Where the Hiya Deepfake Voice Detector appears in the index
Rankings
Fits these use cases, questions and comparisons
The card appears on AI detectors by content type with voice as its only column, in studies by modality with zero records against one non-text type, on the no-account view because the extension installs with no Hiya sign-in, and on the platform integrations ranking with two surfaces, the Chrome extension and the platform's REST API, read 10 November 2026 in the data file. It is absent from the study-based rankings, which need an indexed record, from the retention ranking, because no period is stated, and from the claim gap ranking, because the 99% is stated for the platform. Every detector card on the register shows the same fourteen fields, so a free one-second voice check sits beside the priced text detectors.
Questions about the Hiya Deepfake Voice Detector
Is the Hiya Deepfake Voice Detector free?
Yes: the product page calls it "a free browser extension" and the Chrome Web Store listing's first Key Feature is "Free", with no sign-in, quota or paid tier published, read 10 November 2026. Version 1.2.2 had 4,000 users and a 2.8 rating from 9 ratings.
How much audio does the Hiya extension need?
One second: "Requires only 1 second of audio to perform a verification" (listing) and "By sampling just one second of video or audio" (launch release of October 17, 2024), read 10 November 2026; the July 2024 acquisition release said 1.5 seconds for the Loccus.ai system.
How accurate does Hiya say the detector is?
The extension listing gives no figure; the AI Voice Detection page for the technology behind it states "Over 99% (accuracy) vs. the most complex In-the-wild datasets", read 10 November 2026, with no dataset or date. No indexed study tested either.
Does the Hiya Deepfake Voice Detector work in other languages?
The listing says "Multi-language" and the platform page "Language and channel independent", with no list, read 10 November 2026; the developer docs say English and Spanish make up a significant part of the authenticity model's training data.
Does Hiya keep the audio the extension samples?
The linked App Data Protection and Privacy Policy (Last reviewed March 1, 2024) keeps personal data "only for so long as is necessary", with no period and no mention of the extension, read 10 November 2026; the listing discloses that the extension handles website content and personally identifiable information.
Sources and revisions
Sources
- chromewebstore.google.com/detail/hiya-dee...Read 10 November 2026
- hiya.com/products/deepfake-voice-detectorRead 10 November 2026
- hiya.com/products/protect/ai-voice-detectionRead 10 November 2026
- hiya.com/newsroom/press-releases/hiya-lau...Read 10 November 2026
- hiya.com/newsroom/press-releases/hiya-acq...Read 10 November 2026
- hiya.com/legal/hiya-data-policyRead 10 November 2026
- hiya.com/legal/privacyRead 10 November 2026
- hiya.com/legal/terms-of-serviceRead 10 November 2026
- developer.hiya.com/docs/audio-intel/intro...Read 10 November 2026
- developer.hiya.com/docs/audio-intel/requi...Read 10 November 2026
- developer.hiya.com/docs/audio-intel/model...Read 10 November 2026
- developer.hiya.com/docs/audio-intel/regionsRead 10 November 2026
Revision log
- Card created2026-11-10: merge ruling (page-map 1r): the api's three regions are quoted and no deployment option is recorded for the extension




