Does Gemini 3.8 Live support zero data retention?

With abuse monitoring, yes. On Google Cloud through the Opper gateway, prompts and outputs are not used for training and are kept only for abuse monitoring.

Where is Gemini 3.8 Live hosted?

Gemini 3.8 Live runs on US hosting routes through the Opper gateway.

Is Gemini 3.8 Live trained on prompts and outputs?

No. Every hosting route for Gemini 3.8 Live is configured so customer prompts and outputs are not used to train models by default.

Is a GDPR DPA available for Gemini 3.8 Live?

Yes. A GDPR Data Processing Agreement is available on at least one route serving Gemini 3.8 Live. Contact hello@opper.ai to receive it.

Gemini 3.8 Live

by Google

Gemini 3.8 Live is Google's real-time conversational model for the Live API, released on September 15, 2026 alongside Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking. Google positions it as the default choice for most low-latency voice agents and real-time dialogue, while the Extended Thinking variant is meant for harder multi-step reasoning during a conversation. The model takes audio, video, images and text as input and responds with audio and text, with a 131,072-token input limit and 65,536 output tokens. It supports interleaved reasoning, function calling that runs asynchronously in the background without interrupting the dialogue, and Google Search grounding. Google says it processes visual input in near real time and handles 97 languages, detecting and switching language mid-conversation. Google cites a number two ranking on Artificial Analysis' Speech Agent Arena. It fits voice assistants, customer-facing voice agents, and live camera or screen-share experiences where the model needs to talk, look and act at the same time.

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Key info

Input

Output

Features

Context window

131K

Max output

66K

Input price

$0.75 /1M

Output price

$4.50 /1M

US residency available
Zero data retention with abuse monitoring
No training by default
GDPR DPA available

Available routes

Gemini 3.8 Live runs on 1 route through the Opper gateway. Compare residency, zero data retention and training posture at a glance, with full data-handling detail per route below.

Provider	Region	Zero data retention	Training	Input	Output	Cache read
Google Cloud	US		No	$0.75	$4.50	Input price

Live routes and prices as JSON: api.opper.ai/v3/models?q=gemini%2Fgemini-3.8-live

Uptime and availability

Gemini 3.8 Live runs on a single route through the Opper gateway today, so its availability is that provider's availability.

100%route uptime, last 30 days

Single route, no failover target within this model.

Name a second model in the same request and the gateway tries it on retriable errors, so a busy hour never has to reach your users. Set up a fallback chain.

Measured over the last 30 days from each provider's official status feed via StatusGator. Refreshed hourly. See uptime for every provider Opper monitors.

Data handling per route

Each route hosting Gemini 3.8 Live has its own privacy posture, residency, and GDPR terms. Postures are maintained by Opper with a last-verification timestamp.

Google Cloud — United States🇺🇸

Zero data retention with abuse monitoring: prompts and outputs are kept for abuse monitoring only, for a window the provider does not state, and are not used for training. No training on customer data. US; SCCs; DPA available.

Zero data retention: With abuse monitoring, window not stated.
Training: No training on customer data.
Logging: Abuse monitoring
Abuse monitoring: On by default, holds flagged content, 55 days, a person can view samples
GDPR DPA: DPA available
Transfer mechanism: SCCs

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1import OpenAI from "openai";
2
3const client = new OpenAI({
4  apiKey: process.env.OPPER_API_KEY,
5  baseURL: "https://api.opper.ai/v3/compat",
6});
7
8const completion = await client.chat.completions.create({
9  model: "gemini/gemini-3.8-live",
10  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello" }],
11});
12console.log(completion.choices[0].message.content);