# Simon Willison — Gemini Live audio

- Company: Simon Willison (simonwillison.net)
- Announced: 2026-09-15T22:47:07+00:00
- Category: new-model
- Coverage: not counted
- Announcement: yes
- Group: models
- Source: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/15/gemini-live/
- Record: https://forck.live/items/11131-gemini-live-audio
- Subject: Commentary
- Models affected: Gemini 3.8 Live, Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking

Google released Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking, two new speech-to-speech models comparable to OpenAI's GPT-Live family. The models are accessible via a WebSocket API, and a tutorial is available for getting started with that API.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/15/gemini-live/:

> Google released Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking today - two new speech-to-speech models that are a similar shape to OpenAI's GPT-Live family.

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