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Google: Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking
Free allowance
Up to500requests / day
via Gemini
- 15 requests / minute
- 250,000 tokens / minute
Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking is Google's real-time audio model with extended thinking capabilities. It combines spoken interaction with additional reasoning for voice assistants and other conversational applications.
- Input
- text
- audio
- Output
- text
- audio
- Generates audio
- Audio understanding
Providers
Available through 2 free providers. Use the model ID and API settings below to connect.
Vercel AI Gateway
VAVercel AI Gateway
* The provider match may differ from this model. Check its docs for details.
Benchmarks
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Frequently asked questions
Free access, setup, and what to expect.
Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking is available with up to 500 requests / day free through Gemini. Additional limits apply at the same time: 15 requests / minute and 250,000 tokens / minute. Free allowances can change. Check the Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking provider limits before you start.
To use Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking, choose one of the listed Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking API providers and follow the provider’s account and API-key setup guide. Copy the Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking model ID and connection settings for your chosen provider into your app or API client. Model IDs can differ between providers. API requests go directly to the provider; Free Models is a comparison site.
Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking accepts text and audio as listed input formats. Listed output formats include text and audio. Image or audio input support does not imply image or audio generation. Check the chosen provider’s Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking documentation for supported file types and request formats.
Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking has reasoning support listed; tool calling support isn’t listed. Reasoning enables additional processing for complex problems. Tool calling allows a model to request functions that your app executes. Check the chosen provider’s documentation for capability availability and setup.
No benchmark results are listed for Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking yet. Missing scores don’t establish poor performance. Compare scores within the same benchmark: coding indexes, Elo ratings, and win rates measure different things. The index comparison charts include only scored free models listed on Free Models. Evaluate Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking on examples from your own task alongside context size and provider limits.