Google's creepy new Gemini Live Avatars want to try and make online support bots feel more human

Date:
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 10:25:00 +0000

Description:
Gemini wants its business users to add avatars to customer experiences to
make interactions feel more... human?

FULL STORY ======================================================================Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Gemini 3.8 Live now includes custom avatars to go with the AI's voice Avatars could be used for customer service, training and more Gemini 3.8 Live can switch between 97 languages automatically Google has lifted the wraps of its latest Gemini 3.8 Live
model, and with it come avatars you can select to make it feel more like you're speaking to a human. Sort of.

It's all possible through a combination of Gemini's real-time speech capabilities and low-latency video generation, so it looks like your chosen avatar is effectively lip-syncing to the text that Gemini is reading out to you. Research scientist Shuo-yiin Chang and software engineer CJ Zheng said
it now feels like AI has a much more "visual presence" - so that's...nice? Latest Videos From TechRadar Watch full video here: Gemini now takes on the body of your chosen avatar with Gemini 3.8 Live Avatars are designed specifically for enterprise users, but rather than company employees talking to an avatar to get their work done, Google sees it more as showing off
what's possible for its customers' end users. In other words, avatars could
be used for customer service, receptionists, training and more.

From launch, businesses will be able to select from a library of preset avatars, but they can also create custom avatars to fit a company's branding, for example with a relevant logo on its uniform. You may like You can now
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On the safety front, Google asserts that videos of its avatars include
SynthID watermarking to verify that they are indeed AI-generated. "This imperceptible watermark is woven directly into the audio and video output, helping to ensure AI-generated content remains detectable to help minimise misinformation and misattribution," the company wrote.

In a separate post , Google also revealed that Gemini 3.8 Live can now
support 97 languages and automatic language switching to make multilingual conversations more seamless. A more hardcore version of that model, 3.8 Live Extended Thinking, outperformed GPT-Live-1 Astra and Grok Voice Think Fast
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