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Gemini 3.1 Flash Live: Making audio AI more natural and reliable
Our latest voice model has improved precision and lower latency to make voice interactions more fluid, natural and precise. Today, we’re advancing Gemini’s real-time dialogue capabilities with Gemini 3.1 Flash Live, our highest-quality audio and voice model yet. We’ve improved 3.1 Flash Live’s overall quality, making it more reliable for developers and enterprises to build voice-first agents that can complete complex tasks at scale. On Scale AI’s Audio MultiChallenge, Gemini 3.1 Flash Live leads with a score of 36.1% with “thinking” on.
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36.1%
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Title: Gemini 3.1 Flash Live: Making audio AI more natural and reliable
URL Source: https://deepmind.google/blog/gemini-3-1-flash-live-making-audio-ai-more-natural-and-reliable/
Our latest voice model has improved precision and lower latency to make voice interactions more fluid, natural and precise.
Real-World Use Cases & Applications
On Scale AI’s Audio MultiChallenge, Gemini 3.1 Flash Live leads with a score of 36.1% with “thinking” on. The benchmark specifically tests complex instruction following and long-horizon reasoning amidst the interruptions and hesitations typical of real-world audio.
Strategic Perspective & Ecosystem Impact
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Today, we’re advancing Gemini’s real-time dialogue capabilities with Gemini 3.1 Flash Live, our highest-quality audio and voice model yet. It delivers the speed and natural rhythm needed for the next generation of voice-first AI, offering a more intuitive experience for developers, enterprises and everyday users.
For developers in preview via the Gemini Live API in Google AI Studio For enterprises in Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience For everyone via Search Live and Gemini Live
Why it matters
Our latest voice model has improved precision and lower latency to make voice interactions more fluid, natural and precise Reported by Google DeepMind on March 26, 2026.
Topic dossiers Google DeepMind & Gemini