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The VergeSaturday, September 26, 2026

Google Gives Gemini Live an Avatar

Gemini 3.8 Live can now speak through a real-time AI face for enterprise users.

The Rundown

Google’s Gemini 3.8 Live update introduces Live Avatar, an animated AI persona that can lip-sync and show facial expressions during conversations. The feature is currently limited to Gemini Enterprise customers and supports transitions across 97 languages.

The Details

  • •Live Avatar adds real-time facial expressions and lip-syncing to Gemini conversations.
  • •Google says the system can transition between 97 languages without visual drift.
  • •The feature is currently available only to Gemini Enterprise customers.
  • •Outputs include SynthID watermarking and identity-related safeguards, according to Google.

Why It Matters

This pushes AI assistants closer to face-to-face interaction, especially for customer support, training, and multilingual enterprise workflows. It also raises the stakes for identity safeguards, watermarking, and how clearly users understand when they are interacting with synthetic personas.

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