Gemini 3.8 Live adds faster multilingual voice + ‘Live Extended Thinking’
Google 4 weeks ago 49 ● 7 sources
Google introduced Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking, voice-focused dialogue models for near real-time reasoning and tool use. Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking scored 82.6 on Artificial Analysis' Speech to Speech Quality Index. The rollout adds faster multilingual switching (97 languages mid-conversation) and enables simultaneous speaking while reasoning for high-complexity tasks, improving voice agent interactions across Google apps and developer APIs.