Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking
- Family
- Gemini 3.8
- Released
- 2026-09-15
- Context
- 128K
- Max output
- 64K
- Specialization
- realtime-voice
- Openness
- Proprietary
- License
- ProprietaryRestricted
- Weights
- Not released
- Code
- Unknown
- Training
- Pretrained
Cheapest of 1 route · Google AI Studio
About
Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking (API model code gemini-3.8-live-extended-thinking) is Google DeepMind's high-reasoning Live API audio-to-audio model for complex multi-step voice interactions, announced with Gemini 3.8 Live on September 15, 2026 (~17:00 UTC). First-party AI.dev: inputs text/images/audio/video; outputs text and audio; 131,072 input / 65,536 output tokens; Live API supported; Thinking supported; function calling async-only; search grounding supported; structured outputs / caching / code execution / batch not supported. Product blog positions it for deeper background reasoning while streaming continuous audio. Shared DeepMind Gemini 3.8 Audio model card (15 Sep 2026).
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 500+ models from 80+ providers via a single OpenAI-compatible API, with an optional Auto Router that selects a model per prompt from market spend data.
Portkey
GatewayProduction AI gateway routing to 1,600+ LLMs with failover, load balancing, caching, and guardrails; MIT-licensed open-source core is self-hostable. Now part of Palo Alto Networks as Prisma AIRS AI Gateway.
AIRouter
RouterCommercial LLM router (branded "AI Router" on its site) that picks the best model per request via a Decision API or an OpenAI-compatible Chat Completions endpoint, with a private selection mode that routes on anonymized patterns; sold as BYOK subscription plans priced by routed tokens.
Helicone
GatewayObservability-first AI gateway with routing, caching, rate limiting, and request tracing; Apache-2.0 open-source platform 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-live-extended-thinkingCheapest of 1 route · Google AI Studio