Live API capabilities guide

import asyncio
from google import genai

client = genai.Client()

model = "gemini-live-2.5-flash-preview"
config = {"response_modalities": ["TEXT"]}

async def main():
    async with client.aio.live.connect(model=model, config=config) as session:
        print("Session started")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    asyncio.run(main())

import { GoogleGenAI, Modality } from '@google/genai';

const ai = new GoogleGenAI({});
const model = 'gemini-live-2.5-flash-preview';
const config = { responseModalities: [Modality.TEXT] };

async function main() {

  const session = await ai.live.connect({
    model: model,
    callbacks: {
      onopen: function () {
        console.debug('Opened');
      },
      onmessage: function (message) {
        console.debug(message);
      },
      onerror: function (e) {
        console.debug('Error:', e.message);
      },
      onclose: function (e) {
        console.debug('Close:', e.reason);
      },
    },
    config: config,
  });

  // Send content...

  session.close();
}

main();

import asyncio
from google import genai

client = genai.Client()
model = "gemini-live-2.5-flash-preview"

config = {"response_modalities": ["TEXT"]}

async def main():
    async with client.aio.live.connect(model=model, config=config) as session:
        message = "Hello, how are you?"
        await session.send_client_content(
            turns={"role": "user", "parts": [{"text": message}]}, turn_complete=True
        )

        async for response in session.receive():
            if response.text is not None:
                print(response.text, end="")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    asyncio.run(main())

import { GoogleGenAI, Modality } from '@google/genai';

const ai = new GoogleGenAI({});
const model = 'gemini-live-2.5-flash-preview';
const config = { responseModalities: [Modality.TEXT] };

async function live() {
  const responseQueue = [];

  async function waitMessage() {
    let done = false;
    let message = undefined;
    while (!done) {
      message = responseQueue.shift();
      if (message) {
        done = true;
      } else {
        await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 100));
      }
    }
    return message;
  }

  async function handleTurn() {
    const turns = [];
    let done = false;
    while (!done) {
      const message = await waitMessage();
      turns.push(message);
      if (message.serverContent && message.serverContent.turnComplete) {
        done = true;
      }
    }
    return turns;
  }

  const session = await ai.live.connect({
    model: model,
    callbacks: {
      onopen: function () {
        console.debug('Opened');
      },
      onmessage: function (message) {
        responseQueue.push(message);
      },
      onerror: function (e) {
        console.debug('Error:', e.message);
      },
      onclose: function (e) {
        console.debug('Close:', e.reason);
      },
    },
    config: config,
  });

  const inputTurns = 'Hello how are you?';
  session.sendClientContent({ turns: inputTurns });

  const turns = await handleTurn();
  for (const turn of turns) {
    if (turn.text) {
      console.debug('Received text: %s\n', turn.text);
    }
    else if (turn.data) {
      console.debug('Received inline data: %s\n', turn.data);
    }
  }

  session.close();
}

async function main() {
  await live().catch((e) => console.error('got error', e));
}

main();

turns = [
    {"role": "user", "parts": [{"text": "What is the capital of France?"}]},
    {"role": "model", "parts": [{"text": "Paris"}]},
]

await session.send_client_content(turns=turns, turn_complete=False)

turns = [{"role": "user", "parts": [{"text": "What is the capital of Germany?"}]}]

await session.send_client_content(turns=turns, turn_complete=True)

let inputTurns = [
  { "role": "user", "parts": [{ "text": "What is the capital of France?" }] },
  { "role": "model", "parts": [{ "text": "Paris" }] },
]

session.sendClientContent({ turns: inputTurns, turnComplete: false })

inputTurns = [{ "role": "user", "parts": [{ "text": "What is the capital of Germany?" }] }]

session.sendClientContent({ turns: inputTurns, turnComplete: true })

# Test file: https://storage.googleapis.com/generativeai-downloads/data/16000.wav
# Install helpers for converting files: pip install librosa soundfile
import asyncio
import io
from pathlib import Path
from google import genai
from google.genai import types
import soundfile as sf
import librosa

client = genai.Client()
model = "gemini-live-2.5-flash-preview"

config = {"response_modalities": ["TEXT"]}

async def main():
    async with client.aio.live.connect(model=model, config=config) as session:

        buffer = io.BytesIO()
        y, sr = librosa.load("sample.wav", sr=16000)
        sf.write(buffer, y, sr, format='RAW', subtype='PCM_16')
        buffer.seek(0)
        audio_bytes = buffer.read()

        # If already in correct format, you can use this:
        # audio_bytes = Path("sample.pcm").read_bytes()

        await session.send_realtime_input(
            audio=types.Blob(data=audio_bytes, mime_type="audio/pcm;rate=16000")
        )

        async for response in session.receive():
            if response.text is not None:
                print(response.text)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    asyncio.run(main())

// Test file: https://storage.googleapis.com/generativeai-downloads/data/16000.wav
// Install helpers for converting files: npm install wavefile
import { GoogleGenAI, Modality } from '@google/genai';
import * as fs from "node:fs";
import pkg from 'wavefile';
const { WaveFile } = pkg;

const ai = new GoogleGenAI({});
const model = 'gemini-live-2.5-flash-preview';
const config = { responseModalities: [Modality.TEXT] };

async function live() {
  const responseQueue = [];

  async function waitMessage() {
    let done = false;
    let message = undefined;
    while (!done) {
      message = responseQueue.shift();
      if (message) {
        done = true;
      } else {
        await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 100));
      }
    }
    return message;
  }

  async function handleTurn() {
    const turns = [];
    let done = false;
    while (!done) {
      const message = await waitMessage();
      turns.push(message);
      if (message.serverContent && message.serverContent.turnComplete) {
        done = true;
      }
    }
    return turns;
  }

  const session = await ai.live.connect({
    model: model,
    callbacks: {
      onopen: function () {
        console.debug('Opened');
      },
      onmessage: function (message) {
        responseQueue.push(message);
      },
      onerror: function (e) {
        console.debug('Error:', e.message);
      },
      onclose: function (e) {
        console.debug('Close:', e.reason);
      },
    },
    config: config,
  });

  // Send Audio Chunk
  const fileBuffer = fs.readFileSync("sample.wav");

  // Ensure audio conforms to API requirements (16-bit PCM, 16kHz, mono)
  const wav = new WaveFile();
  wav.fromBuffer(fileBuffer);
  wav.toSampleRate(16000);
  wav.toBitDepth("16");
  const base64Audio = wav.toBase64();

  // If already in correct format, you can use this:
  // const fileBuffer = fs.readFileSync("sample.pcm");
  // const base64Audio = Buffer.from(fileBuffer).toString('base64');

  session.sendRealtimeInput(
    {
      audio: {
        data: base64Audio,
        mimeType: "audio/pcm;rate=16000"
      }
    }

  );

  const turns = await handleTurn();
  for (const turn of turns) {
    if (turn.text) {
      console.debug('Received text: %s\n', turn.text);
    }
    else if (turn.data) {
      console.debug('Received inline data: %s\n', turn.data);
    }
  }

  session.close();
}

async function main() {
  await live().catch((e) => console.error('got error', e));
}

main();

import asyncio
import wave
from google import genai

client = genai.Client()
model = "gemini-live-2.5-flash-preview"

config = {"response_modalities": ["AUDIO"]}

async def main():
    async with client.aio.live.connect(model=model, config=config) as session:
        wf = wave.open("audio.wav", "wb")
        wf.setnchannels(1)
        wf.setsampwidth(2)
        wf.setframerate(24000)

        message = "Hello how are you?"
        await session.send_client_content(
            turns={"role": "user", "parts": [{"text": message}]}, turn_complete=True
        )

        async for response in session.receive():
            if response.data is not None:
                wf.writeframes(response.data)

            # Un-comment this code to print audio data info
            # if response.server_content.model_turn is not None:
            #      print(response.server_content.model_turn.parts[0].inline_data.mime_type)

        wf.close()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    asyncio.run(main())

import { GoogleGenAI, Modality } from '@google/genai';
import * as fs from "node:fs";
import pkg from 'wavefile';
const { WaveFile } = pkg;

const ai = new GoogleGenAI({});
const model = 'gemini-live-2.5-flash-preview';
const config = { responseModalities: [Modality.AUDIO] };

async function live() {
  const responseQueue = [];

  async function waitMessage() {
    let done = false;
    let message = undefined;
    while (!done) {
      message = responseQueue.shift();
      if (message) {
        done = true;
      } else {
        await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 100));
      }
    }
    return message;
  }

  async function handleTurn() {
    const turns = [];
    let done = false;
    while (!done) {
      const message = await waitMessage();
      turns.push(message);
      if (message.serverContent && message.serverContent.turnComplete) {
        done = true;
      }
    }
    return turns;
  }

  const session = await ai.live.connect({
    model: model,
    callbacks: {
      onopen: function () {
        console.debug('Opened');
      },
      onmessage: function (message) {
        responseQueue.push(message);
      },
      onerror: function (e) {
        console.debug('Error:', e.message);
      },
      onclose: function (e) {
        console.debug('Close:', e.reason);
      },
    },
    config: config,
  });

  const inputTurns = 'Hello how are you?';
  session.sendClientContent({ turns: inputTurns });

  const turns = await handleTurn();

  // Combine audio data strings and save as wave file
  const combinedAudio = turns.reduce((acc, turn) => {
    if (turn.data) {
      const buffer = Buffer.from(turn.data, 'base64');
      const intArray = new Int16Array(buffer.buffer, buffer.byteOffset, buffer.byteLength / Int16Array.BYTES_PER_ELEMENT);
      return acc.concat(Array.from(intArray));
    }
    return acc;
  }, []);

  const audioBuffer = new Int16Array(combinedAudio);

  const wf = new WaveFile();
  wf.fromScratch(1, 24000, '16', audioBuffer);
  fs.writeFileSync('output.wav', wf.toBuffer());

  session.close();
}

async function main() {
  await live().catch((e) => console.error('got error', e));
}

main();

import asyncio
from google import genai
from google.genai import types

client = genai.Client()
model = "gemini-live-2.5-flash-preview"

config = {"response_modalities": ["AUDIO"],
        "output_audio_transcription": {}
}

async def main():
    async with client.aio.live.connect(model=model, config=config) as session:
        message = "Hello? Gemini are you there?"

        await session.send_client_content(
            turns={"role": "user", "parts": [{"text": message}]}, turn_complete=True
        )

        async for response in session.receive():
            if response.server_content.model_turn:
                print("Model turn:", response.server_content.model_turn)
            if response.server_content.output_transcription:
                print("Transcript:", response.server_content.output_transcription.text)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    asyncio.run(main())

import { GoogleGenAI, Modality } from '@google/genai';

const ai = new GoogleGenAI({});
const model = 'gemini-live-2.5-flash-preview';

const config = {
  responseModalities: [Modality.AUDIO],
  outputAudioTranscription: {}
};

async function live() {
  const responseQueue = [];

  async function waitMessage() {
    let done = false;
    let message = undefined;
    while (!done) {
      message = responseQueue.shift();
      if (message) {
        done = true;
      } else {
        await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 100));
      }
    }
    return message;
  }

  async function handleTurn() {
    const turns = [];
    let done = false;
    while (!done) {
      const message = await waitMessage();
      turns.push(message);
      if (message.serverContent && message.serverContent.turnComplete) {
        done = true;
      }
    }
    return turns;
  }

  const session = await ai.live.connect({
    model: model,
    callbacks: {
      onopen: function () {
        console.debug('Opened');
      },
      onmessage: function (message) {
        responseQueue.push(message);
      },
      onerror: function (e) {
        console.debug('Error:', e.message);
      },
      onclose: function (e) {
        console.debug('Close:', e.reason);
      },
    },
    config: config,
  });

  const inputTurns = 'Hello how are you?';
  session.sendClientContent({ turns: inputTurns });

  const turns = await handleTurn();

  for (const turn of turns) {
    if (turn.serverContent && turn.serverContent.outputTranscription) {
      console.debug('Received output transcription: %s\n', turn.serverContent.outputTranscription.text);
    }
  }

  session.close();
}

async function main() {
  await live().catch((e) => console.error('got error', e));
}

main();

import asyncio
from pathlib import Path
from google import genai
from google.genai import types

client = genai.Client()
model = "gemini-live-2.5-flash-preview"

config = {
    "response_modalities": ["TEXT"],
    "input_audio_transcription": {},
}

async def main():
    async with client.aio.live.connect(model=model, config=config) as session:
        audio_data = Path("16000.pcm").read_bytes()

        await session.send_realtime_input(
            audio=types.Blob(data=audio_data, mime_type='audio/pcm;rate=16000')
        )

        async for msg in session.receive():
            if msg.server_content.input_transcription:
                print('Transcript:', msg.server_content.input_transcription.text)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    asyncio.run(main())

import { GoogleGenAI, Modality } from '@google/genai';
import * as fs from "node:fs";
import pkg from 'wavefile';
const { WaveFile } = pkg;

const ai = new GoogleGenAI({});
const model = 'gemini-live-2.5-flash-preview';

const config = {
  responseModalities: [Modality.TEXT],
  inputAudioTranscription: {}
};

async function live() {
  const responseQueue = [];

  async function waitMessage() {
    let done = false;
    let message = undefined;
    while (!done) {
      message = responseQueue.shift();
      if (message) {
        done = true;
      } else {
        await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 100));
      }
    }
    return message;
  }

  async function handleTurn() {
    const turns = [];
    let done = false;
    while (!done) {
      const message = await waitMessage();
      turns.push(message);
      if (message.serverContent && message.serverContent.turnComplete) {
        done = true;
      }
    }
    return turns;
  }

  const session = await ai.live.connect({
    model: model,
    callbacks: {
      onopen: function () {
        console.debug('Opened');
      },
      onmessage: function (message) {
        responseQueue.push(message);
      },
      onerror: function (e) {
        console.debug('Error:', e.message);
      },
      onclose: function (e) {
        console.debug('Close:', e.reason);
      },
    },
    config: config,
  });

  // Send Audio Chunk
  const fileBuffer = fs.readFileSync("16000.wav");

  // Ensure audio conforms to API requirements (16-bit PCM, 16kHz, mono)
  const wav = new WaveFile();
  wav.fromBuffer(fileBuffer);
  wav.toSampleRate(16000);
  wav.toBitDepth("16");
  const base64Audio = wav.toBase64();

  // If already in correct format, you can use this:
  // const fileBuffer = fs.readFileSync("sample.pcm");
  // const base64Audio = Buffer.from(fileBuffer).toString('base64');

  session.sendRealtimeInput(
    {
      audio: {
        data: base64Audio,
        mimeType: "audio/pcm;rate=16000"
      }
    }
  );

  const turns = await handleTurn();

  for (const turn of turns) {
    if (turn.serverContent && turn.serverContent.outputTranscription) {
      console.log("Transcription")
      console.log(turn.serverContent.outputTranscription.text);
    }
  }
  for (const turn of turns) {
    if (turn.text) {
      console.debug('Received text: %s\n', turn.text);
    }
    else if (turn.data) {
      console.debug('Received inline data: %s\n', turn.data);
    }
    else if (turn.serverContent && turn.serverContent.inputTranscription) {
      console.debug('Received input transcription: %s\n', turn.serverContent.inputTranscription.text);
    }
  }

  session.close();
}

async function main() {
  await live().catch((e) => console.error('got error', e));
}

main();

config = {
    "response_modalities": ["AUDIO"],
    "speech_config": {
        "voice_config": {"prebuilt_voice_config": {"voice_name": "Kore"}}
    },
}

const config = {
  responseModalities: [Modality.AUDIO],
  speechConfig: { voiceConfig: { prebuiltVoiceConfig: { voiceName: "Kore" } } }
};

config = {
    "response_modalities": ["AUDIO"],
    "speech_config": {
        "language_code": "de-DE"
    }
}

const config = {
  responseModalities: [Modality.AUDIO],
  speechConfig: { languageCode: "de-DE" }
};

model = "gemini-2.5-flash-preview-native-audio-dialog"
config = types.LiveConnectConfig(response_modalities=["AUDIO"])

async with client.aio.live.connect(model=model, config=config) as session:
    # Send audio input and receive audio

const model = 'gemini-2.5-flash-preview-native-audio-dialog';
const config = { responseModalities: [Modality.AUDIO] };

async function main() {

  const session = await ai.live.connect({
    model: model,
    config: config,
    callbacks: ...,
  });

  // Send audio input and receive audio

  session.close();
}

main();

client = genai.Client(http_options={"api_version": "v1alpha"})

config = types.LiveConnectConfig(
    response_modalities=["AUDIO"],
    enable_affective_dialog=True
)

const ai = new GoogleGenAI({ httpOptions: {"apiVersion": "v1alpha"} });

const config = {
  responseModalities: [Modality.AUDIO],
  enableAffectiveDialog: true
};

client = genai.Client(http_options={"api_version": "v1alpha"})

config = types.LiveConnectConfig(
    response_modalities=["AUDIO"],
    proactivity={'proactive_audio': True}
)

const ai = new GoogleGenAI({ httpOptions: {"apiVersion": "v1alpha"} });

const config = {
  responseModalities: [Modality.AUDIO],
  proactivity: { proactiveAudio: true }
}

model = "gemini-2.5-flash-exp-native-audio-thinking-dialog"
config = types.LiveConnectConfig(response_modalities=["AUDIO"])

async with client.aio.live.connect(model=model, config=config) as session:
    # Send audio input and receive audio

const model = 'gemini-2.5-flash-exp-native-audio-thinking-dialog';
const config = { responseModalities: [Modality.AUDIO] };

async function main() {

  const session = await ai.live.connect({
    model: model,
    config: config,
    callbacks: ...,
  });

  // Send audio input and receive audio

  session.close();
}

main();

async for response in session.receive():
    if response.server_content.interrupted is True:
        # The generation was interrupted

        # If realtime playback is implemented in your application,
        # you should stop playing audio and clear queued playback here.

const turns = await handleTurn();

for (const turn of turns) {
  if (turn.serverContent && turn.serverContent.interrupted) {
    // The generation was interrupted

    // If realtime playback is implemented in your application,
    // you should stop playing audio and clear queued playback here.
  }
}

# example audio file to try:
# URL = "https://storage.googleapis.com/generativeai-downloads/data/hello_are_you_there.pcm"
# !wget -q $URL -O sample.pcm
import asyncio
from pathlib import Path
from google import genai
from google.genai import types

client = genai.Client()
model = "gemini-live-2.5-flash-preview"

config = {"response_modalities": ["TEXT"]}

async def main():
    async with client.aio.live.connect(model=model, config=config) as session:
        audio_bytes = Path("sample.pcm").read_bytes()

        await session.send_realtime_input(
            audio=types.Blob(data=audio_bytes, mime_type="audio/pcm;rate=16000")
        )

        # if stream gets paused, send:
        # await session.send_realtime_input(audio_stream_end=True)

        async for response in session.receive():
            if response.text is not None:
                print(response.text)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    asyncio.run(main())

// example audio file to try:
// URL = "https://storage.googleapis.com/generativeai-downloads/data/hello_are_you_there.pcm"
// !wget -q $URL -O sample.pcm
import { GoogleGenAI, Modality } from '@google/genai';
import * as fs from "node:fs";

const ai = new GoogleGenAI({});
const model = 'gemini-live-2.5-flash-preview';
const config = { responseModalities: [Modality.TEXT] };

async function live() {
  const responseQueue = [];

  async function waitMessage() {
    let done = false;
    let message = undefined;
    while (!done) {
      message = responseQueue.shift();
      if (message) {
        done = true;
      } else {
        await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 100));
      }
    }
    return message;
  }

  async function handleTurn() {
    const turns = [];
    let done = false;
    while (!done) {
      const message = await waitMessage();
      turns.push(message);
      if (message.serverContent && message.serverContent.turnComplete) {
        done = true;
      }
    }
    return turns;
  }

  const session = await ai.live.connect({
    model: model,
    callbacks: {
      onopen: function () {
        console.debug('Opened');
      },
      onmessage: function (message) {
        responseQueue.push(message);
      },
      onerror: function (e) {
        console.debug('Error:', e.message);
      },
      onclose: function (e) {
        console.debug('Close:', e.reason);
      },
    },
    config: config,
  });

  // Send Audio Chunk
  const fileBuffer = fs.readFileSync("sample.pcm");
  const base64Audio = Buffer.from(fileBuffer).toString('base64');

  session.sendRealtimeInput(
    {
      audio: {
        data: base64Audio,
        mimeType: "audio/pcm;rate=16000"
      }
    }

  );

  // if stream gets paused, send:
  // session.sendRealtimeInput({ audioStreamEnd: true })

  const turns = await handleTurn();
  for (const turn of turns) {
    if (turn.text) {
      console.debug('Received text: %s\n', turn.text);
    }
    else if (turn.data) {
      console.debug('Received inline data: %s\n', turn.data);
    }
  }

  session.close();
}

async function main() {
  await live().catch((e) => console.error('got error', e));
}

main();

from google.genai import types

config = {
    "response_modalities": ["TEXT"],
    "realtime_input_config": {
        "automatic_activity_detection": {
            "disabled": False, # default
            "start_of_speech_sensitivity": types.StartSensitivity.START_SENSITIVITY_LOW,
            "end_of_speech_sensitivity": types.EndSensitivity.END_SENSITIVITY_LOW,
            "prefix_padding_ms": 20,
            "silence_duration_ms": 100,
        }
    }
}

import { GoogleGenAI, Modality, StartSensitivity, EndSensitivity } from '@google/genai';

const config = {
  responseModalities: [Modality.TEXT],
  realtimeInputConfig: {
    automaticActivityDetection: {
      disabled: false, // default
      startOfSpeechSensitivity: StartSensitivity.START_SENSITIVITY_LOW,
      endOfSpeechSensitivity: EndSensitivity.END_SENSITIVITY_LOW,
      prefixPaddingMs: 20,
      silenceDurationMs: 100,
    }
  }
};

config = {
    "response_modalities": ["TEXT"],
    "realtime_input_config": {"automatic_activity_detection": {"disabled": True}},
}

async with client.aio.live.connect(model=model, config=config) as session:
    # ...
    await session.send_realtime_input(activity_start=types.ActivityStart())
    await session.send_realtime_input(
        audio=types.Blob(data=audio_bytes, mime_type="audio/pcm;rate=16000")
    )
    await session.send_realtime_input(activity_end=types.ActivityEnd())
    # ...

const config = {
  responseModalities: [Modality.TEXT],
  realtimeInputConfig: {
    automaticActivityDetection: {
      disabled: true,
    }
  }
};

session.sendRealtimeInput({ activityStart: {} })

session.sendRealtimeInput(
  {
    audio: {
      data: base64Audio,
      mimeType: "audio/pcm;rate=16000"
    }
  }

);

session.sendRealtimeInput({ activityEnd: {} })

async for message in session.receive():
    # The server will periodically send messages that include UsageMetadata.
    if message.usage_metadata:
        usage = message.usage_metadata
        print(
            f"Used {usage.total_token_count} tokens in total. Response token breakdown:"
        )
        for detail in usage.response_tokens_details:
            match detail:
                case types.ModalityTokenCount(modality=modality, token_count=count):
                    print(f"{modality}: {count}")

const turns = await handleTurn();

for (const turn of turns) {
  if (turn.usageMetadata) {
    console.debug('Used %s tokens in total. Response token breakdown:\n', turn.usageMetadata.totalTokenCount);

    for (const detail of turn.usageMetadata.responseTokensDetails) {
      console.debug('%s\n', detail);
    }
  }
}

from google.genai import types

config = {
    "response_modalities": ["AUDIO"],
    "media_resolution": types.MediaResolution.MEDIA_RESOLUTION_LOW,
}

import { GoogleGenAI, Modality, MediaResolution } from '@google/genai';

const config = {
    responseModalities: [Modality.TEXT],
    mediaResolution: MediaResolution.MEDIA_RESOLUTION_LOW,
};