gemini-live-api-dev
Use this skill when building real-time, bidirectional streaming applications with the Gemini Live API.
Gemini Live API Development Skill
When to Use
Use this skill when building real-time, bidirectional streaming applications with the Gemini Live API. Covers WebSocket-based audio/video/text streaming, voice activity detection (VAD), native audio features, function calling, session management, ephemeral tokens for client-side auth,...
Overview
The Live API enables low-latency, real-time voice and video interactions with Gemini over WebSockets. It processes continuous streams of audio, video, or text to deliver immediate, human-like spoken responses.
Key capabilities:
- Bidirectional audio streaming — real-time mic-to-speaker conversations
- Video streaming — send camera/screen frames alongside audio
- Text input/output — send and receive text within a live session
- Audio transcriptions — get text transcripts of both input and output audio
- Voice Activity Detection (VAD) — automatic interruption handling
- Native audio — thinking (with configurable
thinkingLevel) - Function calling — synchronous tool use
- Google Search grounding — ground responses in real-time search results
- Session management — context compression, session resumption, GoAway signals
- Ephemeral tokens — secure client-side authentication
[!NOTE]
The Live API currently only supports WebSockets. For WebRTC support or simplified integration, us
Subscribers only
The full skill, its 1 bundled files and every download is included with every paid Complete AI plan.
Details
| Source | google-gemini/gemini-skills |
|---|---|
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Risk label | critical ("critical" means the skill may run commands or touch files — read before use) |
| Files | SKILL.md |
| Added | 2026-07-01 |
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