Google ships Gemini 3.8 Live with background reasoning during voice calls
emmanuelvivier · x · 2026-09-22
Google launched Gemini 3.8 Live with Extended Thinking: the model now reasons in the background during live voice conversations, bringing deep thinking to real-time voice interaction. The same roundup noted Meta Muse hit by a zero-day flaw just days after launch, despite its privacy-first promises.
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