Gemini 3.8 Live
- Family
- Gemini 3.8
- Released
- 2026-09-15
- Context
- 128K
- Max output
- 64K
- Specialization
- realtime-voice
- Openness
- Proprietary
- License
- ProprietaryCommercial use: conditional
- Weights
- Not released
- Code
- Unknown
- Training
- Pretrained
Cheapest of 1 route · Google AI Studio
About
Gemini 3.8 Live (API model code gemini-3.8-live) is Google DeepMind's low-latency native speech-to-speech / Live API model for real-time voice agents and dialogue, announced September 15, 2026 (blog publish ~17:00 UTC). First-party AI.dev model page: inputs text/images/audio/video; outputs text and audio; input limit 131,072 tokens; output limit 65,536; Live API supported; function calling supported; interleaved reasoning (Thinking) supported; search grounding supported; structured outputs / caching / code execution / batch not supported. Stable id gemini-3.8-live.
Providers(1)
Compare API pricing across 1 tracked provider route for input and output tokens, batch, and cached reads when available.
| Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Route |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google AI Studio | $0.750 | $4.50 | Serverless |
Available via routers & gateways(13)
LiteLLM
GatewayOpen-source Python SDK and proxy server that unifies 100+ LLM APIs behind a single OpenAI-compatible interface, with load balancing, cost tracking, and configurable failover.
OpenRouter
HybridUnified hybrid gateway to 400+ models from 60+ providers via a single OpenAI-compatible API, with optional auto-routing that selects the best model per prompt.
Portkey
GatewayProduction AI gateway routing to 1,600+ LLMs with failover, load balancing, semantic caching, and guardrails; Apache 2.0 core is fully self-hostable with the complete feature set.
AIRouter
RouterCommercial LLM router that analyzes incoming requests and routes to the optimal model for cost/quality/latency via a drop-in OpenAI-compatible API, with a privacy-preserving embedding mode that avoids sending prompt content.
Helicone
GatewayObservability-first AI gateway with routing, caching, rate limiting, and request tracing; Apache 2.0 open-source core with a managed hosted tier for logging and analytics.
Kong AI Gateway
GatewayMulti-LLM AI gateway built on Kong Gateway 3.x, adding semantic routing, load balancing, guardrails, and MCP traffic analytics as plugins over Kong's existing API management platform.
Capabilities
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API versions
gemini-3.8-liveCheapest of 1 route · Google AI Studio