Google ships Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking for the Live API
leslysandra · x · 2026-09-16
Google DeepMind introduced Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking, its best conversational AI to date, via the Live API.
- Major upgrades in intelligence and parallel reasoning
- Models can talk, think, and handle background tasks without breaking conversational flow
- Available to try in Google AI Studio
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