Google Launches Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Flash-Lite TTS on AI Studio
Google released Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS on 23 September 2026 as generally available models in the Gemini API and Google AI Studio. They add voice design from prompts, voice replication from about 30 seconds of audio, line-by-line direction and more than 2,000 voices. This article covers what each model is for, the introductory prices that double on 1 January 2027, the benchmark claims and who ran them, and why voice replication is unavailable in the UK and EEA.
