Google's real-time voice model with an Extended Thinking variant, available in the Gemini app, AI Studio and Search Live.
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Gemini 3.8 Live is Google's real-time conversational voice model. An Extended Thinking variant is aimed at deeper reasoning in more complex workflows. According to creator coverage, it can call tools while it is still speaking, auto-detects 97 languages and accepts live visual input alongside audio.
It is reported to be available in the Gemini app, Google AI Studio and Search Live, and is positioned at developers building voice agents such as customer service assistants. Creators claim it outperforms OpenAI's GPT Live 1 Astra on shared benchmarks and costs many times less than GPT Live and Grok Voice. These claims come from YouTube commentary and were not verified against official pages.
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Google's real-time voice model, with an Extended Thinking variant for deeper reasoning. It can call tools while still speaking, auto-detects 97 languages and accepts live visual input. It is many times cheaper than GPT Live and Grok Voice, and is available in the Gemini app, AI Studio and Search Live.
Google's live dialogue models, claimed to beat GPT Live 1 Astra on shared benchmarks. The Extended Thinking version targets more complex workflows, aimed at developers building customer service agents.
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