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Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking

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Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking is the separately named high-reasoning audio-to-audio tier for live interactions. It spends more computation on background reasoning while handling text, image, audio, and video input and generating text and audio. Asynchronous function calls allow tool-driven work during a session. Integrations must monitor interaction status because completion of a response turn does not necessarily end background processing.

2026-09-15
Unreleased
Undisclosed proprietary architecture
Proprietary

Specifications

Parameters
Unreleased
Architecture
Undisclosed proprietary architecture
License
Proprietary
Context Window
131,072 tokens
Max Output
65,536 tokens
Type
multimodal
Modalities
textimageaudiovideo

Benchmark Scores

Advanced Specifications

Model Family
Gemini
API Access
Available
Chat Interface
Not Available
Variants
gemini-3.8-live-extended-thinking

Capabilities & Limitations

Capabilities
live conversationnative audio conversationextended background reasoningasynchronous function callingsearch grounding
Known Limitations
Voice output and real-time tool calls can contain errors.Live sessions need compatible streaming clients and model-specific turn and interruption handling.
Notable Use Cases
complex voice workflowstool-assisted dialoguereasoning-intensive live assistants
Function Calling Support
Yes
Tool Use Support
Yes

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