Introducing Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking
Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking are advanced models designed for natural conversational dialogue.
Source: official changelogGoogle's Gemini model and agent surface, including API, Deep Research, multimodal, voice, and tool updates.
Google's Gemini model and agent surface, including API, Deep Research, multimodal, voice, and tool updates.
Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking are advanced models designed for natural conversational dialogue.
Source: official changelogGuide on using Gemini for household tasks including meal planning and appliance repair.
Source: official changelogDevFest 2026 returns with over 800 global events focused on building, securing, and scaling in the agentic AI era.
Source: official changelogGemini app launches for Windows as a desktop application designed to integrate with daily tools and workflows.
Source: official changelogGemini assists with complex government administrative tasks such as tax filing, processing fines, and accessing social services.
Source: official changelogLyria 3.5 music generation model is available in Gemini app and API, offering more expressive vocals and richer musical elements.
Source: official changelogThe Fairwind Program provides limited access to cyber defense tools for governments and trusted enterprise partners.
Source: official changelogGemini 3.8 Flash and 3.8 Flash Cyber are new models designed for agentic workflows and cybersecurity applications.
Source: official changelogGoogle announces a multi-year partnership with content creator MrBeast to integrate Gemini across initiatives including Google Health.
Source: official changelogCompilation of Google's latest artificial intelligence announcements and updates from August 2026.
Source: official changelogGoogle launches agentic video understanding capabilities across latest Gemini models, improving accuracy while reducing costs and token usage.
Source: official changelogGemini Omni 1.1 Flash introduces new creative controls and generative video capabilities for developers.
Source: official changelogGoogle shuts down gemini-robotics-er-1.5-preview and points Gemini API users to gemini-robotics-er-1.6-preview.
Source: official changelogGoogle releases gemini-embedding-2 as a generally available embedding model in the Gemini API.
Source: official changelogNew Gemini Deep Research previews add collaborative planning, visualization support, MCP server integration, and File Search for research workflows.
Source: official changelogGoogle launches Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS Preview as a cost-efficient, expressive, steerable text-to-speech model.
Source: official changelogThe updated Gemini Robotics ER model adds instrument reading plus improved spatial and physical reasoning capabilities.
Source: official changelogGemini API adds built-in tools with custom function calling in one call, and supports Grounding with Google Maps for Gemini 3 models.
Source: official changelog