{
  "id": 9631999,
  "title": "Google’s new Gemini Live Avatars want to make support bots feel more human",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/googles-new-gemini-live-avatars-want-to-make-support-bots-feel-more",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-24T21:03:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Android Authority",
    "slug": "android-authority",
    "url": "https://www.androidauthority.com/gemini-live-avatar-3715280/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Google has introduced a new feature called Gemini Live Avatars, aimed at making support bots feel more human-like. This development is part of the Gemini 3.8 family of AI models that was unveiled last week. While not a consumer product, it could soon be encountered during interactions with AI support agents.\n\nGemini Live Avatars combine real-time video generation with advanced speech models. They are equipped with precise lip-syncing, natural facial expressions, and fluid turn-taking capabilities. These avatars can adapt their visual cues in real time as they switch between 97 languages, ensuring a seamless user experience.\n\nThe primary goal of Gemini Live Avatars is to provide \"engaging customer service\" and \"interactive walkthroughs.\" By infusing a human touch into AI support bots, Google hopes to transform the way users interact with these digital assistants.",
  "summary": "Google's Gemini 3.8 Live Avatars can check you into a hotel while you keep chatting.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 6,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Android Police",
        "title": "Google Docs now pulls your Gemini Notebook research without the tab switching",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/google-docs-now-pulls-your-gemini-notebook-research-without-the-tab",
        "published": "2026-09-24T11:34:17.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "9to5Mac",
        "title": "Adobe expands creative tool access to Google Gemini, brings Acrobat to Claude",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/adobe-expands-creative-tool-access-to-google-gemini-brings-acrobat-to",
        "published": "2026-09-24T13:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "XDA Developers",
        "title": "Google’s new experimental Gemini Intelligence feature makes the phone calls you’d rather avoid",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/googles-new-experimental-gemini-intelligence-feature-makes-the-phone",
        "published": "2026-09-24T16:00:17.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Google is testing Call for Me, which lets Gemini call businesses on behalf of users, initially for Pixel 11 users with a Gemini subscription in the US (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/google-is-testing-call-for-me-which-lets-gemini-call-businesses-on",
        "published": "2026-09-24T16:10:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Verge",
        "title": "Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar gives Google’s AI a face",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/gemini-3-8-live-with-live-avatar-gives-googles-ai-a-face",
        "published": "2026-09-24T19:59:26.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}