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Google Cloud outlines three layers for production voice agents

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Google Cloud's Sergio Villani and Pedro Melendez say production voice agents depend on three layers: API constraints, transcript handling, and telephony.

In a post shared on X by Google Cloud Tech, they state that Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking are speech-to-speech models that skip the transcription hand-off. The article itself focuses on the transcript-based path.

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    Google Cloud explains three layers for taking voice agents to production

    AIGoogle Cloud's Sergio Villani and Pedro Melendez say production voice agents depend on three layers: API constraints, transcript handling, and telephony. They note that Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking are speech-to-speech models that skip the transcription hand-off, while the article focuses on the transcript-based path.

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