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Introducing Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking

Google, Tuesday, September 15th, 2026

Google launches Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking for natural real-time dialogue.

Google introduces Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking, described as its most advanced live dialogue models to date.

The models are built for natural, low-latency conversation with improved turn-taking and interruption handling.

The Extended Thinking variant trades some latency for deeper reasoning during live exchanges. The post covers availability and intended use cases across consumer and developer products.

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