Google: Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking
Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking is a language model from Google released on Sep 15, 2026. It reads text and audio and writes text and audio.
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It costs $0.75 per million input tokens and $4.50 per million output tokens.
- Modalities
- In / out price
- $0.75 / $4.50 per 1M
- Context
- n/a
- Max output
- n/a
- Released
- Sep 15, 2026
- Knowledge cutoff
- n/a
- Tool calling
- Structured output
- Reasoning
- Prompt caching
- Open weights
- Free to use
Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking pricing
USD, as listed on Oct 15, 2026. Most bills are input heavy, so the cached input rate matters as much as the headline price.
| Input | $0.75 / 1M tokens | |
|---|---|---|
| Output | $4.50 / 1M tokens |
What Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking costs per month
Pick a workload close to yours or type your own volumes.
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Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking questions
How much does the Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking API cost?
$0.75 per million input tokens and $4.50 per million output tokens. The estimator on this page turns that into a monthly bill for your own workload.
Does Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking support tool calling?
Not through the standard tools parameter. For an agent that calls your APIs, pick a model from the alternatives below that does.
Is Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking open source?
No. Google serves it through an API only, so you cannot download the weights or host it yourself.
When was Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking released?
Sep 15, 2026.
Catalog data from models.dev (MIT licensed), refreshed daily, last on Oct 15, 2026. The summary is written from these facts.
Building on Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking?
I test your real tasks on it and the two closest alternatives, then ship the agent on whichever wins on cost and accuracy.
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