Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking adds upgraded reasoning for real-time programming tutoring.

Google DeepMind demonstrated 3.8 Live Extended Thinking acting as a programming tutor in Gemini Live.

Both 3.8 Live models feature upgraded reasoning, near real-time visual understanding, automatic detection across 97 languages, and background tool calling that doesn't interrupt the chat.

The Extended Thinking variant adds higher performance and precision for harder tasks and narrates its progress, and it is available in Gemini Live in the Gemini app or through the Gemini API via Google AI Studio.