Google launches Gemini 3.8 Live for conversational voice AI
Posts tout a version that “thinks while it talks,” tool use during conversations and on-the-fly language switching.
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A September 16 post says Google shipped Gemini 3.8 Live alongside a version that thinks while speaking, with availability across the API, Search and Workspace. It also claims a No. 1 ranking on a speech-to-speech quality leaderboard and argues that conversational agents are moving beyond demos toward deployment.
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