{"version":1,"type":"story","url":"https://digestai.news/story/gemini-introduces-3-8-live-with-live-avatar","json":"https://digestai.news/story/gemini-introduces-3-8-live-with-live-avatar.json","markdown":"https://digestai.news/story/gemini-introduces-3-8-live-with-live-avatar.md","slug":"gemini-introduces-3-8-live-with-live-avatar","headline":"Gemini introduces 3.8 Live with Live Avatar","summary":"Gemini today announced Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar, adding near real‑time video generation and lip‑syncing to its live dialogue models.\n\nThe new feature lets enterprises create visual personas that listen, see, and speak, supporting 97 languages with native multilingual speech‑to‑speech. It also offers a library of preset avatars and a custom avatar tool that can generate a fully animated character from a reference image, though the custom option is only available through enterprise allowlisting.\n\nGemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar is available in Gemini Enterprise and is built with safeguards such as SynthID watermarks to keep AI‑generated content transparent.","keyPoints":["Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar adds near real‑time video generation and lip‑syncing to Gemini Enterprise","Supports 97 languages with native multilingual speech‑to‑speech","Custom avatars can be created from a reference image, available only through enterprise allowlisting"],"whyItMatters":"The addition of visual presence and multilingual support expands enterprise conversational AI, enabling richer customer service and interactive walkthroughs that can be branded and customized.","category":{"slug":"enterprise","name":"Enterprise & Industry","url":"https://digestai.news/category/enterprise"},"entities":{"companies":[],"models":["Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar"],"people":[]},"firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-24T16:20:39Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-24T19:59:26Z","sourceCount":2,"hasPrimarySource":true,"sources":[{"outlet":"Google DeepMind","title":"Introducing Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar","url":"https://deepmind.google/blog/introducing-gemini-38-live-with-live-avatar","publishedAt":"2026-09-24T16:20:39Z","type":"primary","primary":true,"lead":true},{"outlet":"The Verge AI","title":"Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar gives Google’s AI a face","url":"https://theverge.com/tech/1000328/google-gemini-ai-live-avatar-face","publishedAt":"2026-09-24T19:59:26Z","type":"press","primary":false,"lead":false}],"sourceNotes":null,"discussions":[],"thread":null,"cite":{"text":"Digest AI, \"Gemini introduces 3.8 Live with Live Avatar\", 24 September 2026, https://digestai.news/story/gemini-introduces-3-8-live-with-live-avatar","publisher":"Digest AI","title":"Gemini introduces 3.8 Live with Live Avatar","datePublished":"2026-09-24T16:20:39Z","url":"https://digestai.news/story/gemini-introduces-3-8-live-with-live-avatar"},"generatedBy":"Written by Digest AI's editorial model from the linked sources; the sources are the record.","license":"Headlines, digests and key points are written by Digest AI and may be quoted with a link to the story page. Linked articles belong to their publishers. Terms: https://digestai.news/terms#reuse"}