# Gemini 3.8 Live

Gemini 3.8 Live is a Google voice model released Sep 15, 2026; Google's newest voice model in our dataset is Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS. Proprietary, API access only. Google's real-time voice model for the Gemini Live API, generally available since Sep 15, 2026, with a separate Extended Thinking variant. Verified against vendor sources on Oct 26, 2026.

Last verified: 2026-10-26 · Evidence: Reported · Canonical: https://theagenticweekly.com/models/gemini-3-8-live · JSON: https://theagenticweekly.com/api/models/gemini-3-8-live

## Key facts

| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Google |  |
| Released | Sep 15, 2026 | https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/changelog |
| API id | `gemini-3.8-live` | https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing |
| Input | text, audio | https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing |
| Output | text, audio | https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing |
| Licence | Proprietary (API) | https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing |
| Pricing | Text input $0.75; Audio input $3; Text output $4.5; Audio output $12 (per 1M tokens) | https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing |

## Notes

- The Extended Thinking variant is gemini-3.8-live-extended-thinking (same release date).

## What we tested

Nothing yet. We have not run Gemini 3.8 Live ourselves, so every fact here is Reported from the sources below.

## Sources

- [Gemini API pricing](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing)
- [Gemini API changelog](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/changelog)

Data licence: CC BY 4.0. Data: Agentic Weekly (https://theagenticweekly.com), CC BY 4.0.