Google launches Gemini 3.8 Live and Extended Thinking voice models
Original titleIntroducing Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking
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Google introduces Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking, two live dialogue models for voice agents that reason and speak simultaneously.
The Extended Thinking version scores 82.6 on Artificial Analysis' Speech to Speech Quality Index and 97.7% on Big Bench Audio, while 3.8 Live targets scale and cost efficiency.
Developers can access both through the Gemini API in Google AI Studio, and enterprise and consumer rollouts vary by product.
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The source names the two models, their access paths, and specific benchmark results, showing how the voice agent capabilities differ between the two tiers.
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