* **Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking generally available
(GA)**: Released our next-generation Live API models for real-time
multimodal dialogue and agentic tool use:

* **[Gemini 3.8 Live](/docs/models/gemini-3.8-live) (`gemini-3.8-live`)**:
Engineered for sub-second conversational latency with native audio
understanding, affective dialogue, proactive audio, and
synchronous/asynchronous function calling.
* **[Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking](/docs/models/gemini-3.8-live-extended-thinking)
(`gemini-3.8-live-extended-thinking`)**: Specialized for complex
reasoning, multi-step planning, and long-horizon state tracking with
configurable thinking levels (`MINIMAL`, `LOW`, `MEDIUM`, `HIGH`) and
asynchronous function calling.

To get started, see the
[Thinking in the Live API guide](/docs/live-api/thinking) and the
[Live API overview](/docs/live-api).