Google has introduced Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking, its most advanced live dialogue models to date. Both are native speech to speech models built for real time voice agents. They extend the Gemini Audio family that Google expanded last month with Gemini 3.5 Transcribe. The release targets a specific gap: voice agents that can reason and execute tools without breaking conversational flow.
Is it deployable? Yes, for API based production use. Both models are live today in the Gemini Live API and Google AI Studio. They are hosted models, not open weights, so there is no self hosted option.