
4/23/2025 · Ivan Solovyev, Shrestha Basu Mallick
What this post added
Introduces the Gemini Live API, enabling real-time interaction with streaming audio, video, and text. Key new features include enhanced session management (longer sessions via context compression, session resumption, graceful disconnect notification), configurable turn control (voice activity detection, interruption handling), flexible session settings, expanded voice and language options for audio output, text streaming, and token usage reporting. Demonstrates real-world applications like Daily.co's Word Wrangler, LiveKit's AI copilot, and Bubba.ai's hands-free application for truck drivers.