Google releases Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking with audio-to-audio capabilities

Google released Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking with audio-to-audio capabilities alongside the Gemini 3.8 Live base model, according to the company's AI blog. The release adds extended reasoning modes and direct audio input-output handling for multi-turn agent interactions.

Google releases Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking with audio-to-audio capabilities According to Google's AI blog, the company released Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking with audio-to-audio capabilities and Gemini 3.8 Live base model. The release includes extended reasoning modes and direct audio input-output handling for multi-turn agent interactions. Topics Sources - Official Read article https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-3-8-live-gemini-3-8-live-extended-thinking/ - Official Read article https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-3.8-live-extended-thinking Go deeper This intelligence is sourced automatically from public sources across the web and synthesised by the Prefactor AI pipeline. Stories are reviewed before publication.