Google Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar is now generally available to enterprise customers, putting a responsive on-screen character in front of the company’s voice agents. The feature can listen, see, speak, show facial expressions and call tools while a conversation continues.
Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar adds a visual agent
Google’s announcement describes Live Avatar as a low-latency video layer for Gemini’s live dialogue models. The avatars support lip-syncing, natural expressions and turn-taking, while the underlying system can process live camera feeds and screen shares alongside audio. Google says the feature can switch between 97 languages while maintaining synchronised speech and video.
The agent can also make asynchronous tool calls. It may acknowledge a request, fetch information or trigger an API action in the background, then continue speaking instead of leaving the user with a loading indicator and a small crisis of faith.
Google is offering a library of preset avatars, with custom characters available through enterprise allowlisting. Organisations can supply a reference image to preserve a likeness, brand style or character identity. Google says generated audio and video carry imperceptible SynthID watermarks, intended to make the output detectable and reduce misattribution.
Availability is enterprise-first
Google Cloud says Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar is available in Gemini Enterprise, with US and EU endpoints, provisioned throughput, enterprise compliance, and data governance controls. The official announcement also provides an API route for developers building agents across web, mobile and interactive kiosks.
That puts the feature closer to a business service layer than a new consumer-facing Gemini mode. Google’s examples include hotel check-in, claims intake, banking support and interactive walkthroughs. Google has not announced a UAE consumer launch date for Live Avatar. UAE businesses would need to assess Gemini Enterprise eligibility, endpoint availability and data-handling requirements rather than assuming that a global enterprise announcement means local access is live.
Google’s earlier Gemini video-understanding launch focused on models analysing video. Google Cloud’s financial-services Gemini Enterprise package shows the wider direction: specialised enterprise agents connected to business data and workflows.
Google’s official announcement and Google Cloud’s availability post provide product details, while Engadget’s report frames the launch in the context of customer service and sales.
Who can use Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar?
The feature is available through Gemini Enterprise, while custom avatar creation is restricted to organisations approved through Google’s enterprise allowlisting process.
Can Gemini Live avatars call tools while speaking?
Yes. Google says Live Avatar can make asynchronous tool calls and fetch data in the background while the conversation continues.
Is Gemini Live with Live Avatar available to consumers in the UAE?
Google has not announced a launch date for UAE consumers. The current announcement is focused on Gemini Enterprise availability and an API for developers.
