Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking
Google launches Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking speech models, topping speech-to-speech benchmarks with parallel reasoning for voice agents.
Google announced Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking, its most advanced live dialogue models for near real-time voice agents. Extended Thinking ranks #1 on Artificial Analysis' Speech-to-Speech Quality Index (82.6), scores 68.6% on τ-Voice, 35.1% on Sierra's τ-Voice-banking, and 97.7% on Big Bench Audio. The models support 97 languages with mid-conversation switching, real-time visual grounding, background tool execution, and SynthID audio watermarking. Rollout covers the Gemini API, AI Studio, Enterprise private previews, Search Live, and Workspace.
- Extended Thinking tops Artificial Analysis Speech-to-Speech Quality Index at 82.6
- Scores 68.6% on τ-Voice and 35.1% on τ-Voice-banking agentic benchmarks
- Supports 97 languages with real-time visual grounding and background tool calls
- Available via Gemini API, AI Studio, Enterprise private preview, and Search Live
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Gemini 3. 8 Live and Gemini 3. 8 Live Extended Thinking are our most advanced live dialogue models yet.
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