Gemini 3.8 Live

Sep 2026
Gemini 3.8 Live
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$0.005 / $0.018per minute in / out
1.2 sfirst audio?
30.1τ-Voice
Sep 2026released
en, es, fr +97Languages
Provider-stated input/output audio minute components; text, tools and session/backend charges remain separate.Price covers

Ranking?

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1StepAudio 3 Realtime Preview98.92Qwen Audio 3.0 Realtime Plus98.43GPT Live 197.34Grok Voice 3.0975Qwen Audio 3.0 Realtime Flash96.96Gemini 3.8 Live96.17GPT Realtime 296.1

Strong at

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Speech & Voice#12 of 17

Benchmarks

in Speech & Voice
Big Bench Audio · AA v1.291.7#13
Full-Duplex-Bench · AA subset v1/v1.596.1#6
Time to first audio · AA1.2#17
AA Speech Agent Arena · overall · Elo1,077.6#2
AA Speech Agent Arena · overall · Task Success93.2#3
AA Speech to Speech Index v2.076#5
AA Speech Agent Arena · agentic · Elo1,064.1#3
AA Speech Agent Arena · non-agentic · Elo1,119.7#2
τ-Voice · AA · aggregate30.1#12
τ-Voice · AA · airline48.7#10
τ-Voice · AA · retail29.2#11
τ-Voice · AA · telecom12.3#14
EVA-Bench · EVA-A accuracy pass45.9#7
EVA-Bench · EVA-X experience pass88.6#1
EVA-Bench · response speed2#5

FAQ

Is Gemini 3.8 Live free to use?›

There is no free API; the cheapest paid price is $0.005 per 1M input tokens.

How good is Gemini 3.8 Live, and what is it best at?›

#12 of 17 in Realtime.

Is Gemini 3.8 Live better than Qwen Audio 3.0 Realtime Flash?›

On Full-Duplex-Bench · AA subset v1/v1.5, Gemini 3.8 Live scores 96.1 vs 96.9 — about the same.

How can I use Gemini 3.8 Live?›

Through the Google API.

When was Gemini 3.8 Live released? Is there a newer version?›

Released 2026-09-15. It is the current version in its line.

Is Gemini 3.8 Live open source?›

No, Gemini 3.8 Live is a closed model available through an API. The closest open-weights option here is PersonaPlex 7B.

What is Gemini 3.8 Live?›

Gemini 3.8 Live is a closed speech & voice model from Google, released Sep 2026, the successor to Gemini 2.5 Flash Exp Native Audio Thinking Dialog.

What are the best alternatives to Gemini 3.8 Live?›

StepAudio 3 Realtime Preview (better), PersonaPlex 7B (open weights).