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Chrome adds practice quizzes and media Q&As with Gemini

Chrome’s new learning features include practice quizzes and media Q&As with Gemini in Chrome, along with picking up where you left off across devices.

Cline offers Gemini 3.8 Flash for free

Gemini 3.8 Flash is free in Cline. Cline says it scores 41 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, runs at 291 tokens per second, and has a 1 million-token context window.

Google Vids adds Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash, free for Google accounts

News from Google says Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash and a new suite of creative controls are now in Google Vids. Anyone with a Google account can create videos there for free, without professional editing skills.

Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS ranks first on Artificial Analysis pronunciation benchmark at 89.5%

On Artificial Analysis’s Pronunciation Robustness benchmark, Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS scores 89.5%, ahead of Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS, SpaceXAI TTS, and Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS. Leadership on individual pronunciation categories is split among several models.

Gemini can now connect with 13 new apps

The new connections include adobe, squarespace, and onepeloton. Google Gemini says people can grow a business, design assets, and plan workouts in Gemini instead of switching between tabs.

Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS ranks first on the Artificial Analysis Pronunciation Robustness Benchmark

Artificial Analysis says Google has released Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS, Google DeepMind text-to-speech models with preset voices and voice replication. On its tests, Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS scores 89.5% in pronunciation robustness and an Elo of 1,263 on the Provider Voice Arena.

Gemini 3.8 Flash and Flash-Lite text-to-speech models are available in the Gemini API

Google for Developers is offering Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS for natural-language voice direction and Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS for high-volume audio, both through the Gemini API in Google AI Studio.

Google AI launches Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS

Google AI is launching two speech models that can create custom voices in more than 100 languages or use more than 2,000 ready-made voices, with conversation direction and line-by-line delivery control.

Google AI Studio introduces Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS

The two audio generation models can be used through the Gemini API and in AI Studio. Google AI Studio calls them its most expressive audio generation models yet.

Google says Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS ranks first on Hume AI voice tests

Google reports a 71.4 overall score and a 60.8 accent-modeling score for Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS on Hume AI Voice Design. It also places Flash TTS first and Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS second on Hume AI Overall Quality.

Google highlights two new DeepMind audio models: Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking

Google said last week it introduced two new audio models from Google DeepMind, Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking, and that team members are building with them across creative applications, real-time support, and robotics.

Google Gemini to host live shopping demo on Discord

Google Gemini invited users to a live Discord demo of shopping with Gemini on Tuesday, September 22 at 11am PT, covering informed purchases, comparing options, and camera-based browsing.

Googlebook available for preorder, designed for Gemini Intelligence

News from Google said Googlebook is available for preorder. It is built on the Android technology stack with ChromeOS desktop foundations, engineered to work with a phone out of the box, and designed for Gemini Intelligence.

Google introduces Googlebook laptop designed for Gemini Intelligence

Google announced Googlebook as a new category of laptop available for preorder, with 2.8K OLED touchscreen displays, 14 hour battery life, Android phone sync, and Gemini Intelligence.