Google has launched Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking, new advanced audio models designed to enhance voice agent capabilities and create more natural AI conversations. Gemini 3.8 Live focuses on scale, speed, and cost efficiency, handling mid-sentence interruptions and multilingual transitions, while Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking offers deeper intelligence for complex, multi-step tasks by reasoning and speaking in parallel. These models are rolling out to consumers, developers via API, and enterprises, aiming to improve user experiences across Google products and third-party applications. AI
IMPACT These advanced audio models are expected to significantly improve the naturalness and capability of voice agents, potentially accelerating adoption in consumer and enterprise applications.
RANK_REASON Frontier-lab model release with system card.
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- Gemini 3.8 Live
- Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking
- Gemini API
- Gemini app
- Gemini Enterprise
- Gmail
- Google AI
- Google AI Studio
- Google Docs
- Google Workspace
- Search Live
- Artificial Analysis
- Big Bench Audio
- EVA-Bench
- Fishjam
- Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform
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- ServiceNow
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