Gemini 3.8 Live is Google's language model with a 131K context window and up to 66K output tokens, available from 3 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 · 1 month ago
Knowledge Cutoff · 2 years 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
Google Vertex AI logo
Google Vertex AI
gemini-3.8-live
$0.75$4.50$0.75$1.00$0.000033
Vercel AI Gateway logo
Vercel AI Gateway
google/gemini-3.8-live
$0.75$4.50N/AN/AN/A

Cost Calculator

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Versions

VersionReleasedContextInput / 1MOutput / 1MStatus
Gemini 4 Argon1.0M$2.00$10.00Available
Gemini 3.8 Live131K$0.750$4.50Current
Gemini 3.8 Flash1.0M$0.375$1.88Available
Gemini 3.7 Flash1.0M$0.750$3.75Deprecating
Gemini 3.6 Flash1.0M$0.750$3.75Deprecating
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$0.250$1.50Available
Gemini 3.5 Flash1.0M$0.750$4.50Available
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite1.0M$0.125$0.750Available

Model IDs

gemini-3.8-live
gemini/gemini-3.8-live
google-gemini-3-8-live
google/gemini-3.8-live
publishers/google/models/gemini-3.8-live
vertex_ai/gemini-3.8-live