Google Introduces Gemini 3.8 Live with Animated AI Avatar

<figure> <img alt="An animated Gemini Live avatar" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/gemini-live-avatar-animated.png?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,94.893468926603,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Google's Gemini 3.8 Live update allows users to engage in conversations with an animated AI persona that responds in real time. The "Live Avatar" feature lip-syncs and displays various facial expressions during interactions, although it is currently available only to Gemini Enterprise customers.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">According to Google, the Live Avatar can switch between 97 supported languages without compromising video quality or causing visual drift. A demonstration video from Google shows the Live Avatar conversing in both English and Japanese, with its mouth movements synchronized to the spoken words in each language.</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1000328/google-gemini-ai-live-avatar-face">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>