AI ResearchMarkTechPost·September 23, 2026

Google Releases Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Flash-Lite TTS With Prompt-Based Voice Design

Google has released Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Flash-Lite TTS, 2 new text-to-speech models available now through the Gemini API and Google AI Studio. Flash TTS designs new voices from natural language prompts across 100+ languages. It ranks #1 on Hume AI's Voice Design Benchmark with a score of 71.4. Flash-Lite TTS targets high-volume dubbing and voice agents at lower cost. The post Google Releases…

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