Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Flash-Lite TTS bring prompt-based voice design at low prices. Here's what they cost, how they rank independently, and the catches.
Key takeaways
- Google released Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Flash-Lite TTS on September 23, 2026, in the Gemini API and Google AI Studio.
- Flash TTS costs about $0.81 per hour of audio and Flash-Lite about $0.54, until prices double on January 1, 2027.
- On Artificial Analysis's independent Speech Arena, Flash TTS ranks second and Flash-Lite sixth, at a third of the price of several rivals.
- For cloned voices, they rank mid-pack, behind Inworld, Cartesia and ElevenLabs.
- Google's claim of first place comes from Hume AI, which licenses technology to Google. Its founder now works at Google DeepMind.
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