Day: September 25, 2026
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The avatar is the channel
On September 24 Google shipped Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar in Gemini Enterprise: near-real-time visual presence via VIDEO response modality and avatar_config. This is a presence and channel SKU, not a prettier Live voice model and not last week’s TTS studio split. Read more
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The checkout is not the storefront
Google is auto-matching eligible Shopify Merchant Center accounts into UCP native checkout on AI Mode and Gemini. Eligible products ride in by default. The operator job this week is channel ownership and eligibility attributes, not celebrating another buy button. Read more