Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Flash-Lite TTS land on Merge Gateway, top Hume voice quality index
shensi · x · 2026-09-24
Merge Gateway now offers Google's Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Flash-Lite TTS. The two models reportedly take the top two spots on Hume AI's Overall Quality Index, with Flash TTS leading the Voice Design Benchmark at 71.4.
The announcement comes via the Merge gateway account (not Google directly), linking to its model catalog documentation. Treat as unverified third-party availability news.
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