Google announced two new voice models, Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking. The Extended Thinking model ranked #1 on Artificial Analysis' Speech to Speech Quality Index with a score of 82.6 and leads agentic task completion on Sierra's τ-Voice-banking benchmark. Both models support 97 languages, background tool execution, and SynthID watermarking, and are rolling out to developers, enterprises, and consumers starting today.
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