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Google releases Gemini 2.5 Flash Native Audio
The Gemini Live API gains native-audio conversation, proactive audio and affective-dialogue capabilities.
What happened
Event details
The preview model targets real-time voice applications, distinguishes speakers from background conversation, and responds to a user's emotion and tone.
Assessment
Why it matters
It brings native audio, proactive audio and affective dialogue to the Gemini Live API, advancing real-time multimodal voice interaction.
75/100Global significance score. Regional effects are recorded only when the evidence supports a meaningful difference.
Availability
Access notes
Released in preview on May 20, 2025. The early native-audio-dialog models were later succeeded by the 09-2025 and 12-2025 versions and Gemini 3.1 Flash Live.