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Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking
- Released
- -
- Data date
- September 24, 2026
- Model class
- Access
Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking targets complex, multi-step voice interactions that need background reasoning. Google describes it as an audio-to-audio model that reasons and runs asynchronous tool calls while streaming continuous audio. It accepts text, images, audio, and video and returns text and audio. The conversation can stay live while the model works through a harder request.
Reasoning effort can be set to low, medium, or high, and the API documents 131,072 input tokens with 65,536 output tokens. Compared with Gemini 3.8 Live, this variant keeps asynchronous function calls and their reasoning signals available while the audio response continues.
Specifications and access
| Specification | Value and source |
|---|---|
| Model class | Real-time audio modelSource |
| Access | APISource |
| API model ID | gemini-3.8-live-extended-thinkingSource |
| Input | Text, image, audio and videoSource |
| Output | Text and audioSource |
| Task | Voice dialogue with reasoningSource |
| Supported details | Extended background reasoningSource |
| Input limit | 131,072 tokensSource |
| Output limit | 65,536 tokensSource |
| Reasoning levels | low, medium, highSource |
| Capabilities | Audio-to-audio dialogue with interleaved reasoning, asynchronous function calling, and audio streamingSource |
Popularity
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Sources and data date
| Type | Evidence and data date |
|---|---|
| Additional source | Google Gemini model documentation (retrieved September 24, 2026) · Google Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking model documentation · Editorial description reviewed October 2, 2026 |
| Additional source | OpenRouter: Popularity index (derived), CC BY 4.0 |
| Additional source | Vercel AI Gateway: Popularity index (derived), CC BY 4.0 |
| Additional source | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 |