Google launches Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS with 2,000+ voices, tops Hume AI benchmarks

giffmana · x · 2026-09-24

Google announced Gemini 3.8 Flash and Flash-Lite TTS, claiming new SOTA text-to-speech with a voice design experience, 2,000+ production-ready voices, voice replication, 100-language support, upcoming voice remixing, and the #1 spot on Hume AI's voice benchmarks. A reply notes hands-on voice interaction with Google Maps is still a disaster, urging the Maps team to adopt Gemini Flash TTS.

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