Google launched Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar. It adds near real-time video avatars to live dialogue. The avatars lip-sync, show natural expressions and take turns. They work across 97 languages without visual drift. Enterprises can use preset avatars or create custom ones from images. Custom avatars require allowlisting. Background tool calls run without breaking conversation flow. All output carries a SynthID watermark in audio and video. The feature is live in Gemini Enterprise today.
What changed
Gemini 3.8 Live offered only audio-based real-time dialogue.
What it unlocks
Adding a live, lip-synced visual avatar to real-time conversations.
- 97 languages supported
- SynthID watermark in audio and video
What you need to act on it
- Gemini Enterprise plan
- enterprise allowlisting for custom avatars
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