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Google removes gemini-3.8-live and gemini-3.8-live-extended-thinking from its Gemini API price list

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Both SKUs were priced input $0.75 (text) / output $4.50 (text), with per-minute audio and image/video add-on rates, and no longer appear on aistudio.google.com/docs/pricing.md.

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removed modelgemini-3.8-live — $0.75 in / $4.50 out per Mtok

Record fields before and after the change
Field Before After
cached_input_per_mtok ∅∅
context_window ∅∅
currency USD∅
effective_from ∅∅
effective_until ∅∅
input_per_mtok 0.75∅
model_slug gemini-3.8-live∅
notes input: $0.75 (text) | $3.00 or $0.005/min (audio) | $1.00 or $0.002/min (image/video); output: $4.50 (text) | $12.00 or $0.018/min (audio)∅
output_per_mtok 4.5∅
provider google∅
tier ∅∅
aistudio.google.commodel:google:gemini-3.8-live detected

removed modelgemini-3.8-live-extended-thinking — $0.75 in / $4.50 out per Mtok

Record fields before and after the change
Field Before After
cached_input_per_mtok ∅∅
context_window ∅∅
currency USD∅
effective_from ∅∅
effective_until ∅∅
input_per_mtok 0.75∅
model_slug gemini-3.8-live-extended-thinking∅
notes input: $0.75 (text) | $3.00 or $0.005/min (audio) | $1.00 or $0.002/min (image/video); output: $4.50 (text) | $12.00 or $0.018/min (audio)∅
output_per_mtok 4.5∅
provider google∅
tier ∅∅
aistudio.google.commodel:google:gemini-3.8-live-extended-thinking detected

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