Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking
Recorded: Sept. 15, 2026, 7:08 p.m.
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Gemini 3.8 Live & Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking Skip to main content Introducing Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking Innovation & AI Products & platforms Company news Feed Newsletter Back Innovation & AI Models & Research Google DeepMind Google Research Google Labs Gemini models Quantum computing See all Products Developer tools Gemini app Gemini Notebook See all Infrastructure & cloud Global network Google Cloud See all Technology Safety & Security Health See all Learn more: Google DeepMind blog Google Research blog Google Developers blog Google Cloud blog Back Products & platforms Products Search Maps Chrome Google Health Google Workspace Learning & Education Shopping See all Platforms Android Google Play Wear OS See all Devices Pixel Google Nest Fitbit Chromebooks See all Learn more: Google Ads & Commerce blog Waze blog Back Company news Outreach & initiatives Creating opportunity Safety & security Google.org Public policy Sustainability Health See all Leadership Sundar Pichai, CEO More authors See all Inside Google Around the globe Life at Google See all Learn more: Google Security blog Innovation & AI Innovation & AI Models & Research Google DeepMind Google Research Google Labs Gemini models Quantum computing See all Products Developer tools Gemini app Gemini Notebook See all Infrastructure & cloud Global network Google Cloud See all Technology Safety & Security Health See all Learn more: Google DeepMind blog Google Research blog Google Developers blog Google Cloud blog Products & platforms Products & platforms Products Search Maps Chrome Google Health Google Workspace Learning & Education Shopping See all Platforms Android Google Play Wear OS See all Devices Pixel Google Nest Fitbit Chromebooks See all Learn more: Google Ads & Commerce blog Waze blog Company news Company news Outreach & initiatives Creating opportunity Safety & security Google.org Public policy Sustainability Health See all Leadership Sundar Pichai, CEO More authors See all Inside Google Around the globe Life at Google See all Learn more: Google Security blog Feed Introducing Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking Share x.com Copy link [] Preferences Global (English) Africa (English) Australia (English) Brasil (Português) Canada (English) Canada (Français) Česko (Čeština) Deutschland (Deutsch) España (Español) France (Français) Greece (Ελληνικά) India (English) Indonesia (Bahasa Indonesia) Ireland (English) Italia (Italiano) 日本 (日本語) 대한민국 (한국어) Latinoamérica (Español) Malaysia (Melayu) الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا (اللغة العربية) MENA (English) Nederlands (Nederland) New Zealand (English) Polska (Polski) Portugal (Português) România (Română) Sverige (Svenska) ประเทศไทย (ไทย) Türkiye (Türkçe) 台灣 (中文) Links Images RSS feed x.com Copy link Newsletter Breadcrumb Home Innovation & AI Models & research Gemini Models Introducing Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking Sep 15, 2026 x.com Copy link Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking are our most advanced live dialogue models yet. Major upgrades in intelligence and parallel reasoning make them more intuitive to collaborate with and use to execute complex tasks using your voice. Tom Ouyang Malini Jaganathan Share x.com Copy link Your browser does not support the audio element. Listen to article This content is generated by Google AI. Generative AI is experimental Voice Speed Voice Speed Read AI-generated summary We are launching Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking to make voice interactions more natural, fluid, and intelligent. These models handle complex reasoning, real-time visual context, and background task execution without interrupting your conversation. You can start using these features today through the Gemini API, Google Workspace, and the Gemini app. Summaries were generated by Google AI. Generative AI is experimental. Check out "Introducing Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking" for smarter voice AI. Summaries were generated by Google AI. Generative AI is experimental. Google just launched two new AI models that make talking to your devices feel way more natural. They can handle interruptions, switch between languages, and even explain their thought process while they work. Whether you're solving a complex problem or just chatting, the AI now feels like it's actually listening and thinking along with you. It’s a big step toward making AI feel like a real conversation partner. Summaries were generated by Google AI. Generative AI is experimental. Explore other styles: General summary Bullet points Basic explainer Today, we’re introducing two new models that bring advancements in near real-time reasoning to more effectively enable voice agents and make conversing with AI feel more intuitive and intelligent.Gemini 3.8 Live: Built for scale and cost efficiency, combining conversational intelligence with fluid dialogue and visual grounding.Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking: Built for high-complexity tasks, with increased intelligence and multi-step reasoning.For developers and enterprises, these models deliver the building blocks for reliable, production-ready voice agents. They also make speaking with Gemini across the Gemini app, Google Workspace, and Search more fluid and collaborative — helping you tackle complex tasks using just your voice.Experience more fluid, intelligent conversationsGemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking provides enterprise-grade task completion and intelligence, capturing the #1 overall spot on Artificial Analysis' Speech to Speech Quality Index (82.6), and leads in agentic task completion with 68.6% on τ-Voice and 35.1% on Sierra’s τ-Voice-banking benchmark. It also provides strong reasoning capabilities, scoring 97.7% on Big Bench Audio, while maintaining a highly competitive price point compared to other frontier models.Gemini 3.8 Live has shown a high preference among users, securing a second place in the Speech Agent Arena. In addition to this performance, it remains highly cost-effective — providing developers and enterprises with a capable and efficient model built for scale. On ServiceNow’s EVA-Bench, a benchmark for evaluating voice agents, our models push the Pareto Frontier for complex workflows by successfully balancing accuracy with conversational quality. Note: This was run on the Live API on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform. Gemini 3.8 Live processes visual inputs in near real-time, enriching conversations with context for more helpful responses. It automatically detects and transitions between 97 supported languages mid-conversation. It executes tools and API calls in the background while continuing the conversation, so the model can acknowledge requests and keep chatting while tasks finish in the background. Gemini 3.8 Live guides employee onboarding in real time, using visual context to answer live questions. Watch Gemini 3.8 Live play chess in near real-time using visual context, reasoning, and natural conversational flow. For tasks that require deeper reasoning, 3.8 Live Extended Thinking reasons and speaks simultaneously. It delivers increased intelligence for complex workflows while maintaining an uninterrupted conversational flow — using early verbal cues like “Let me check that…” to acknowledge prompts naturally, and live progress narration to walk users through multi-step background tasks as they progress. Watch Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking transform raw sketches and near real-time voice feedback into functional React components. See Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking coordinate multi-step bookings and asynchronous function calls — all without interrupting natural live conversation. Watch Gemini 3.8 Live build complete business plans and custom marketing toolkits on the fly through natural speech. Across Google Workspace and Search, our Live models deliver more intuitive, collaborative experiences — especially when tackling your most complex tasks. Try Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking in Google Workspace with Docs Live, Gmail Live, and Keep Live. Get step-by-step, real-time troubleshooting help powered by Gemini 3.8 Live — right inside Search Live. Empowering the developer and enterprise voice ecosystemBy using the Gemini Live API, developer platforms such as Agora, Fishjam, LangChain, LiveKit, Pipecat, Vercel, and Vision Agents enable developers to build and deploy high-performance voice-driven interfaces with ease. These platforms manage complex real-time media streaming infrastructure behind the scenes, allowing developers to focus entirely on crafting the user experience.We’re also partnering with companies like Salesforce, Genspark, and Lumeris who are excited about 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking, highlighting its impressive latency, fluidity, and tool-calling capabilities. Ensure transparency with SynthID watermarkingAll audio generated by our AI products is watermarked with SynthID. 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Google has introduced two advanced dialogue models, Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking, designed to enhance voice interactions by making them more natural, fluid, and intelligent, particularly in handling complex reasoning and parallel execution of tasks. Gemini 3.8 Live is characterized by its speed and fluidity, providing fast conversations supported by real-time visual and language context. It is integrated across platforms like the Gemini app, Google Workspace, and Search, enabling more intuitive and collaborative experiences for users when tackling complex tasks via voice commands. The extended version, Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking, focuses on high-complexity tasks through increased intelligence and sophisticated multi-step reasoning. This model is engineered to operate in the background, managing tools and executing tasks without interrupting the conversational flow, allowing the system to maintain a natural dialogue. This extended thinking capability allows the model to handle complex workflows and simultaneous reasoning while maintaining interactive communication, evidenced by the ability to naturally acknowledge prompts, such as through verbal cues like “Let me check that…”, and narrate the progress of multi-step background operations to the user. Performance benchmarks highlight the advanced capabilities of these models. Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking demonstrated superior performance in agentic task completion, achieving 68.6 percent success on the tau-Voice benchmark and 35.1 percent on Sierra’s tau-Voice-banking benchmark, while also exhibiting strong reasoning abilities, scoring 97.7 percent on Big Bench Audio. Furthermore, the models achieved a high Speech to Speech Quality Index of 82.6, indicating excellent conversational quality. The functional integration of these models spans various applications. Gemini 3.8 Live processes visual inputs in near real-time to enrich conversations with contextual information, as demonstrated by real-time visual guidance for employee onboarding questions or visualizing complex processes like playing chess. Extended Thinking facilitates transformations of raw inputs, such as converting sketches and voice feedback into functional elements like React components, and manages complex operational tasks like coordinating asynchronous function calls and multi-step bookings concurrently with live conversation. These capabilities are being leveraged within Google Workspace, Search Live, and the Gemini app to provide real-time troubleshooting and dynamic content generation. These advancements empower the developer and enterprise voice ecosystem through the Gemini Live API, which connects developers using platforms such as Agora, LangChain, and Vision Agents to build high-performance, voice-driven interfaces. Partnerships with entities like Salesforce and Genspark underscore the industry recognition of the models' impressive latency, fluidity, and tool-calling capabilities. To ensure accountability and safety, all audio generated by the AI products is watermarked with SynthID, an imperceptible watermark woven into the audio output to ensure AI-generated content is detectable and prevents misinformation. The rollout is being implemented across various access points, including the Gemini API, Google AI Studio for developers, private previews within Gemini Enterprise, and general availability in Search Live and the Gemini app for end-users and subscribers. |