Issue 41Published September 16, 2026
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Google releases Gemini 3.8 Live and Extended Thinking
Google DeepMind says Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking are available through the Gemini Live API and Google AI Studio. The speech-to-speech models can maintain dialogue while calling tools; Google lists asynchronous function calling, live visual context and support for more than 97 languages. Google lists audio pricing of $0.005 per minute for input and $0.018 per minute for output.
- Google DeepMind says Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking are available through the Gemini Live API and Google AI Studio. The speech-to-speech models can maintain dialogue while calling tools; Google lists asynchronous function calling, live visual context and support for more than 97 languages. Google lists audio pricing of $0.005 per minute for input and $0.018 per minute for output.
Why it matters
The release puts real-time speech, tool execution and deeper reasoning in one voice-agent stack, potentially reducing the number of components teams operate. The availability claim is from Google’s product announcement; businesses should still test latency, reliability and task-safety controls in their own workflows.
Sources
Google releases Gemini 3.8 Live and Extended ThinkingGoogle DeepMind — Build real-time voice applications with Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.5 Transcribe · Sep 16, 2026
