big-bench-audio

Google has released Gemini 3.1 Flash Live, its new voice and audio AI model, scoring 95.9% on the Big Bench Audio Benchmark at high thinking levels—second only to Step-Audio R1.1 Realtime at 97.0%. Response times range from 0.96 seconds at minimal thinking to 2.98 seconds at high thinking, with pricing held at $0.35 per hour of audio input and $1.40 per hour of audio output.