In Amazon Connect, barge-in is enabled globally by default for Amazon Lex (V2) bots and disabled by default for Amazon Lex (Classic) bots, and the Classic barge-in session attribute controls only Lex barge-in, not DTMF barge-in.

Checked 2026-09-30

Vendor
Amazon Web Services
Product
Amazon Connect
Subsystem
lex-integration
Deployment
multi-tenant
Region
not restricted
Release range
current as of 2026-09-30
Checked
2026-09-30

Sources

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 30). Modernizing a DTMF IVR to conversational AI: source note ivr-modernization-connect-lex-bargein-defaults. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/ivr-modernization-connect-lex-bargein-defaults

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-ivr-modernization-connect-lex-bargein-defaults,
  title  = {Modernizing a DTMF IVR to conversational AI: source note ivr-modernization-connect-lex-bargein-defaults},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/ivr-modernization-connect-lex-bargein-defaults},
  note   = {Source note ivr-modernization-connect-lex-bargein-defaults, checked 2026-09-30}
}

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