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Gemini Live API
Gemini Live API is listed under model-provider realtime APIs. Its first listed price, in its own words: Audio input: $3.00 per 1M tokens or $0.005/min (paid tier) (per 1M audio tokens or per minute). Telephony stated on its pages: bring your own carrier. Read from the vendor's own pages on October 20, 2026.
Last verified: 2026-10-20
Read from ai.google.dev. Docs - Pricing - Gemini API speech models - Compare every voice agent platform
Status
- Status, as stated
Current; pricing lists Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.1 Flash Live Preview
“Gemini 3.8 Live, Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking, and Gemini 3.1 Flash Live Preview”
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How Gemini Live API charges
Every price line Gemini Live API states, in its own words and units, with what it says the price includes and the quote. Nothing is converted.
| Price, in the vendor's words | Unit | Includes, as stated | Quote and source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audio input: $3.00 per 1M tokens or $0.005/min (paid tier)inferredInferred: Tier from table layout: the price sits in the paid-tier column beside the free tier's Free of charge; the row does not name the tier. | per 1M audio tokens or per minute | Not stated | “Input price · Free of charge · $0.75 (text) $3.00 or $0.005/min (audio) $1.00 or $0.002/min (image/video)” |
| Audio output: $12.00 per 1M tokens or $0.018/min (paid tier), including thinking tokensinferredInferred: Tier from table layout: the price sits in the paid-tier column beside the free tier's Free of charge; the row does not name the tier. | per 1M audio tokens or per minute | Includes thinking tokens (stated) | “Output price (including thinking tokens) · Free of charge · $4.50 (text) $12.00 or $0.018/min (audio)” |
- Free tier or credits
Input price: Free of charge (free tier)inferred
Inferred: Tier from table layout: Free of charge sits in the free-tier column; the row does not name the tier.“Input price · Free of charge”
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Telephony
- Phone numbers
- Not stated
No phone numbers offered on cited pages.
- SIP
- Not stated
Not stated on the Live API overview.
- Bring your own carrier
Via partner integrations, for example Voximplant for inbound and outbound calls
“Connect inbound and outbound calls to Live API with Voximplant.”
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Models, tools and calls
- Bring your own models
- Not stated
Not stated on the Live API overview.
- Function calling and tools
Function calling
“Integrates tools like function calling”
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- Not stated
Not stated on the Live API overview.
- Recording and transcripts
Text transcripts of user input and model output
“Provides text transcripts of both user input and model output.”
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70 supported languages
“Converse in 70 supported languages.”
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Self-hosting, license, compliance and scale
- Self-hosting
- Not stated
Hosted API only.
- License
- Not stated
Proprietary API.
- Compliance
- Not stated
Not stated on cited pages.
- Concurrency
- Not stated
Not stated on cited pages.
- SDKs
- Not stated
Not listed on the overview.
Vendor-stated latency
Latency as Gemini Live API states it about itself. Vendor-stated, not measured.
- Vendor-stated
Low-latency (no figure stated)
“The Live API enables low-latency, real-time voice and vision interactions with Gemini.”
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Dataset note
Protocol: stateful WebSocket (WSS). Barge-in stated: "Users can interrupt the model at any time for responsive interactions." Model-level facts for gemini-3.8-live are in the speech directory (provider key google).
FAQ
How much does Gemini Live API cost?
In Gemini Live API's own terms: Audio input: $3.00 per 1M tokens or $0.005/min (paid tier) (per 1M audio tokens or per minute); Audio output: $12.00 per 1M tokens or $0.018/min (paid tier), including thinking tokens (per 1M audio tokens or per minute). As read on October 20, 2026; prices are not converted.
Does Gemini Live API connect to phone calls?
Per its own pages: Your own carrier: Via partner integrations, for example Voximplant for inbound and outbound calls.
Can I self-host Gemini Live API?
Not stated. Hosted API only. License: not stated. Proprietary API.
Sources
Last verified from each vendor's own pricing pages, docs and license files; every quote was string-matched against the page that day. This is not a benchmark. Prices are shown in the vendor's own unit and change without notice, so check the linked source before you commit.
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