Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking

Google DeepMind๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom
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Input / 1M tokens$0.75
Output / 1M tokens$4.5

Pricing source: Google Gemini API pricing page, text tokens, 2026-10-21.

Version History

3.8major

Google released Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking, upgrading real-time voice dialogue with parallel reasoning, background tool execution, and visual grounding. Extended Thinking claims the #1 spot on Artificial Analysis' Speech to Speech Quality Index at 82.6.

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Google DeepMind Launches Gemini 3.8 Live, Claims #1 Spot on Speech-to-Speech Benchmark

Google DeepMind has released Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking, two voice-dialogue models that reason and execute background tasks without interrupting conversation. Google claims the Extended Thinking model ranks #1 on Artificial Analysis' Speech to Speech Quality Index with a score of 82.6.

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