Gemini 3.8 Live prices voice agents at $0.005/min

Google released Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking at $0.005 per audio-input minute and $0.018 per audio-output minute through its Live API, the developer announcement says. The models can reason, call tools, and keep talking while work runs in the background, but the price and benchmark claims are still Google’s launch evidence. Builders should measure end-to-end latency, interruption handling, and cost per completed voice task against Google’s recent Gemini Flash price cut before rewriting a voice stack around a new unit price.