🔍 Google adds background reasoning to Gemini Live

Gemini 3.8 Live can keep a voice conversation going while it calls tools and handles multi-step tasks through APIs. It also processes images almost in real time and switches between 97 languages during a call.

The Extended Thinking version targets harder voice tasks. It ranked first on Speech to Speech Quality Index with 82.6 and scored 97.7% on Big Bench Audio.

Both models are appearing in Gemini API and Google AI Studio. Extended Thinking is also available in Gemini Live and some Google apps.

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