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Google adds near-real-time avatars to Gemini 3.8 Live

Google has introduced Live Avatar for Gemini 3.8 Live, combining conversational speech with near-real-time video of an expressive avatar. The feature is available in Gemini Enterprise, while custom avatar creation is limited to enterprise allowlisting.

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Google introduces Gemini 3.8 Flash text-to-speech models

Google has introduced Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS for custom voice creation and directed speech generation. The company says the models support more than 100 languages and dialects, with voice replication safeguards including consent verification and SynthID watermarking.