Google's Gemini 3.8 Live Avatar Puts a Lip-Synced Face on the AI
The Verge AI · rss · 2026-09-25
Google's Gemini 3.8 Live update introduces "Live Avatar," letting users converse with an animated AI persona that lip-syncs and changes expressions in real time. It's currently limited to Gemini Enterprise customers.
The avatar supports 97 languages and, per Google, can switch between them "without degrading video fidelity or introducing visual drift." A demo shows it speaking English and Japanese with accurate mouth animation, and it can also surface on-screen information during conversations.
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