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Gemini 3.1 Flash Live: Making audio AI more natural and reliable

Google DeepMind 26 March 2026, 15:23

Google released Gemini 3.1 Flash Live, an audio and voice model designed for real-time conversations with improved precision and lower latency. On ComplexFuncBench Audio, the model scored 90.8% compared to its predecessor, and Gemini Live users can now maintain conversations for twice as long as before. The model is available to developers via API preview, enterprises through Gemini Enterprise, and consumers via Gemini Live and Search Live, which now operates in over 200 countries.

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Our latest voice model has improved precision and lower latency to make voice interactions more fluid, natural and precise.

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The open-weight AI model market hit an inflection point today as Alibaba and Kimi released trillion-parameter competitors that challenge the closed-model orthodoxy—just as Washington moved to restrict them. Alibaba's Qwen 3.8 Max (2.4 trillion parameters) and Kimi K3 (2.8T) are going open-weight, with K3 ranking first on Frontend Web App Arena and fourth on agentic benchmarks, signaling that scale and transparency can coexist. The timing matters: while U.S. policymakers weigh layered restrictions on Chinese open models, technical experts are pushing back hard, arguing that closed gardens actually hurt security and competition more than they help. The real fragmentation risk isn't technical—it's regulatory.

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