Gemini 3.8 Live models now available on AI Gateway

Google's Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking models are now available on Vercel's AI Gateway, supporting real-time spoken interactions for voice assistants and audio-based applications. The google/gemini-3.8-live model offers real-time audio, visual grounding, automatic switching across 97 languages, and background tool calls, while google/gemini-3.8-live-extended-thinking adds multi-step reasoning that runs in parallel with speech. Both models are accessible through the AI SDK's realtime API via WebSocket connections.

Gemini 3.8 Live https://vercel.com/ai-gateway/models/gemini-3.8-live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking https://vercel.com/ai-gateway/models/gemini-3.8-live-extended-thinking from Google are now available on AI Gateway. Both models support real-time spoken interactions for voice assistants, conversational experiences, and applications that respond through audio. google/gemini-3.8-live supports real-time audio, visual grounding, automatic switching across 97 languages, and background tool calls while the conversation continues. google/gemini-3.8-live-extended-thinking adds multi-step reasoning that runs in parallel with speech, allowing it to acknowledge requests and narrate progress without interrupting the conversation. Use either model through the AI SDK's realtime API. Install the Gateway provider and a WebSocket client: Mint a short-lived token, open the WebSocket, and use the model adapter to serialize and parse realtime events: See the realtime quickstart https://vercel.com/docs/ai-gateway/getting-started/realtime for more details on realtime events and WebSocket connections. Try Gemini 3.8 Live https://vercel.com/ai-gateway/models/gemini-3.8-live or Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking https://vercel.com/ai-gateway/models/gemini-3.8-live-extended-thinking in the model playground. AI Gateway provides a unified API for calling models, tracking usage and cost, and configuring retries, failover, and performance optimizations for higher-than-provider uptime.