{"slug": "introducing-gemini-3-8-live-and-3-8-live-extended-thinking", "title": "Introducing Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking", "summary": "Google introduced Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking, two models built for near real-time reasoning and production-ready voice agents. Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking took the #1 overall spot on Artificial Analysis' Speech to Speech Quality Index with a score of 82.6, and leads agentic task completion at 68.6% on τ-Voice and 35.1% on Sierra's τ-Voice-banking benchmark, while Gemini 3.8 Live placed second in the Speech Agent Arena. Gemini 3.8 Live detects and transitions between 97 supported languages mid-conversation and executes tools and API calls in the background, with both models available through the Gemini Live API and integrations including Agora, LangChain, LiveKit, Pipecat, Vercel, and Vision Agents.", "body_md": "# Introducing Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking\n\nToday, 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.\n\n- **Gemini 3.8 Live** : Built for scale and cost efficiency, combining conversational intelligence with fluid dialogue and visual grounding.\n- **Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking** : Built for high-complexity tasks, with increased intelligence and multi-step reasoning.\n\nFor 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.\n\n## Experience more fluid, intelligent conversations\n\nGemini 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.\n\nGemini 3.8 Live has shown a high preference among users, securing a second place in the [Speech Agent Arena](https://artificialanalysis.ai/speech-to-speech?api-benchmarks=agentic-performance-vs-cost-to-run#speech-to-speech-arena-results-tabs). In addition to this performance, it remains highly cost-effective — providing developers and enterprises with a capable and efficient model built for scale.\n\nOn ServiceNow’s [EVA-Bench](https://servicenow.github.io/eva/#results), a benchmark for evaluating voice agents, our models push the Pareto Frontier for complex workflows by successfully balancing accuracy with conversational quality.\n\nNote: This was run on the Live API on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform.\n\nGemini 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.\n\nFor 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.\n\nAcross Google Workspace and Search, our Live models deliver more intuitive, collaborative experiences — especially when tackling your most complex tasks.\n\n## Empowering the developer and enterprise voice ecosystem\n\nBy using the [Gemini Live API](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/live-api), developer platforms such as [Agora](https://docs.agora.io/en/ai/models/mllm/gemini), [Fishjam](https://docs.fishjam.io/tutorials/gemini-live-integration), [LangChain](https://docs.langchain.com/langsmith/trace-gemini-live), [LiveKit](https://docs.livekit.io/agents/models/realtime/plugins/gemini/), [Pipecat](https://docs.pipecat.ai/pipecat/features/gemini-live), [Vercel](https://vercel.com/docs/ai-gateway/modalities/realtime), and [Vision Agents](https://visionagents.ai/integrations/realtime/gemini) 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.\n\nWe’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.\n\n## Ensure transparency with SynthID watermarking\n\nAll audio generated by our AI products is watermarked with [SynthID](https://deepmind.google/models/synthid/). This imperceptible watermark is woven directly into the audio output, ensuring AI-generated content remains detectable to help prevent misinformation. For details on our approach to safety and responsibility, review the [model card](https://deepmind.google/models/model-cards/gemini-3-8-audio/).\n\n## Start using our latest Gemini Audio models:\n\n3.8 Live is rolling out starting today:\n\n- **For developers** : In the[Gemini API](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/live-api) and[Google AI Studio](https://aistudio.google.com/live)\n- **For enterprises** : In private preview in[Gemini Enterprise](https://console.cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/studio/multimodal-live) and coming soon to[Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience](https://cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-cx)\n- **For everyone** : In Search Live\n\n3.8 Live Extended Thinking is rolling out starting today:\n\n- **For developers** : In the[Gemini API](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/live-api) and[Google AI Studio](https://aistudio.google.com/live)\n- **For enterprises** : In private preview in[Gemini Enterprise](https://console.cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/studio/multimodal-live) and coming soon to[Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience](https://cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-cx) and Google Workspace business customers\n- **For everyone** : In Gemini Live and for Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers in Workspace in Docs, and all Google AI subscribers in Gmail and Keep", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/introducing-gemini-3-8-live-and-3-8-live-extended-thinking", "canonical_source": "https://deepmind.google/blog/introducing-gemini-3-8-live-and-3-8-live-extended-thinking/", "published_at": "2026-09-15 17:05:57+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-16 06:07:55.672404+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "large-language-models", "ai-products", "ai-agents", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["Google", "Gemini 3.8 Live", "Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking", "Gemini Live API", "Artificial Analysis", "Salesforce", "LangChain", "LiveKit"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/introducing-gemini-3-8-live-and-3-8-live-extended-thinking", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/introducing-gemini-3-8-live-and-3-8-live-extended-thinking.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/introducing-gemini-3-8-live-and-3-8-live-extended-thinking.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/introducing-gemini-3-8-live-and-3-8-live-extended-thinking.jsonld"}}