Google Launches Gemini 3.8 TTS Models with 30-Second Voice Cloning

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Release Time: 2026/09/24 00:53:55

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Google has launched the Gemini 3.8 TTS models, including Flash and Flash-Lite, now available via the Gemini API and Google AI Studio. Flash emphasizes audio quality and long-text stability, while Flash-Lite prioritizes throughput and cost efficiency. Both support voice cloning using 30 seconds of reference audio, along with control over tone, pace, and accent. Flash supports 130 languages; Flash-Lite supports 101. Pricing is reduced to $9 and $6 per million tokens until December 31, 2026. This update introduces new token listings and on-chain news for developers and AI users.

ME AI News, Dongcha Beating AI Brief: Google has released Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Flash-Lite TTS, two text-to-speech models now available on the Gemini API and Google AI Studio. Flash emphasizes audio quality, character performance, and long-text stability, while Lite focuses on high throughput, low latency, and cost efficiency. Both models can generate new voices directly from text or replicate your own or authorized voices using approximately 30 seconds of reference audio. Users can control emotion, rhythm, and accent sentence by sentence, and insert sounds such as laughter, sighs, and coughs. Dual-person conversations can also be generated directly from a script. Flash supports 130 languages, and Lite supports 101. Pricing is lower than the previous generation: through December 31, 2026, Flash audio output costs $9 per million tokens and Lite costs $6 per million tokens; the previous Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS Preview was priced at $20. Starting January 1, 2027, the standard prices will increase to $18 and $12 respectively. (Source: BlockBeats)

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