Why It Matters
It scored 68.6% on tau-Voice, 35.1% on Sierra's tau-Voice-banking benchmark and 97.7% on Big Bench Audio.
Overview
Google is rolling out Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking, two voice models built for near real-time dialogue and task execution. Developed by the Gemini Audio Team, both pair spoken conversation with parallel reasoning. Gemini 3.8 Live targets high-volume workloads with cost efficiency, visual grounding and fluid dialogue, while Extended Thinking handles complex, multi-step work.
Why It Matters
It scored 68.6% on tau-Voice, 35.1% on Sierra's tau-Voice-banking benchmark and 97.7% on Big Bench Audio.
Key Details
Introducing our most advanced Gemini Audio models yet 🗣Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking let you speak, collaborate, and execute tasks seamlessly, meaning conversing with AI just got a lot more natural.So, what’s the difference between these two models?
Let’s… pic.twitter.com/Dfy7j4zxOh Extended Thinking leads Artificial Analysis' Speech to Speech Quality Index with 82.6.
It scored 68.6% on tau-Voice, 35.1% on Sierra's tau-Voice-banking benchmark and 97.7% on Big Bench Audio.
Gemini 3.8 Live placed second in the Speech Agent Arena.
On ServiceNow's EVA-Bench, the models pushed the Pareto Frontier for complex workflows by balancing accuracy with conversational quality on the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform.
--- *Original report published by [TestingCatalog AI News](https://www.testingcatalog.com/google-rolled-out-gemini-3-8-live-and-extended-thinking/).*
