Google Launches Gemini 3.8 Live and Extended Thinking Voice Models

Google introduced Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking, available in the Gemini API, AI Studio, Search Live, Gemini Live and Workspace. Extended Thinking ranked first in the Speech to Speech Quality Index with 82.6 points and scored 68.6% in τ-Voice.

• Extended Thinking: 82.6 points in Speech to Speech Quality Index
• 68.6% in τ-Voice and 35.1% in τ-Voice-banking
• 97.7% in Big Bench Audio, support for 97 languages
• Live for scale and cost, Extended Thinking for complex tasks