Gemini 3.8 Live is Google's language model with a 131K context window and up to 66K output tokens, available from 2 providers, starting at $0.75 / 1M input and $4.50 / 1M output. A multimodal LLM variant of Gemini built for real-time, low-latency websocket-based conversational interactions.
Specifications
Canonical IDgoogle-gemini-3-8-live
TypeLanguage
StatusActive
CreatorGoogleGoogle
Providers
Context Window131K tokens
Max Output66K tokens
Input ModalitiesAudioImageTextVideo
Output ModalitiesAudioText
Reasoning Effortsdefault
Release Date · 3 days ago

Capabilities

Input4/5
Text
Image
Audio
Video
PDF·
Output2/5
Text
Image·
Audio
Video·
Embedding·
Capabilities3/13
Reasoning
Adaptive Reasoning·
Function Calling
Parallel Function Calling·
Structured Outputs·
Native JSON Schema·
Web Search
URL Context·
Computer Use·
Code Execution·
File Search·
Prompt Caching·
Assistant Prefill·

Pricing by Provider

US Dollar ($)
Per 1M tokens
ProviderStandard
Input
$ / 1M
Output
$ / 1M
Audio In
$ / 1M
Audio Out
$ / 1M
Video In
$ / sec
Google Gemini logo
Google Gemini
gemini-3.8-live
$0.75$4.50$3.00$12.00$0.000033
Vercel AI Gateway logo
Vercel AI Gateway
google/gemini-3.8-live
$0.75$4.50N/AN/AN/A

Cost Calculator

US Dollar ($)
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Versions

VersionReleasedContextInput / 1MOutput / 1MStatus
Gemini 3.8 Live131K$0.750$4.50Current
Gemini 3.8 Flash1.0M$0.750$3.75Available
Gemini 3.7 Flash1.0M$0.750$3.75Available
Gemini 3.6 Flash1.0M$0.750$3.75Available
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite1.0M$0.150$1.25Available
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image66K$0.250$1.50Available
Gemini 3 Pro Image131K$2.00$12.00Available
Gemini 3.1 Flash Image131K$0.500$3.00Available
Gemini 3.5 Flash1.0M$0.750$4.50Available
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite1.0M$0.250$1.50Available
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview1.0M$0.250$1.50Deprecated

Model IDs

gemini-3.8-live
gemini/gemini-3.8-live
google-gemini-3-8-live
google/gemini-3.8-live