Activefastmultimodal Proprietary

Gemini 2.5 Flash Live Preview

by Google· Released May 2025· Cutoff April 2025

Gemini 2.5 Flash Live Preview is a fast, cost-efficient multimodal model from Google, optimized for low-latency, real-time applications. It supports text, image, audio, and video inputs with a 1M token context window, making it ideal for interactive and streaming use cases. As a preview release, it offers cutting-edge performance at a lower price point than Gemini 2.5 Pro.

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Input cost

$0.15 per 1M tokens

Output cost

$0.60 per 1M tokens

Context window

1M tokens

Max output

8192 tokens

Modalities

textimageaudiovideo

License

proprietary

Capabilities

Function CallingCode GenerationStreamingJSON ModeVisionAudio UnderstandingVideo UnderstandingMultimodal Reasoning

Best For

Real-time, low-latency applications requiring multimodal understanding and fast responses.

Strengths

Very low latency for interactive use
Large 1M token context window
Supports multiple input modalities (text, image, audio, video)
Cost-effective pricing
Strong performance on reasoning and coding tasks

Limitations

Preview version may have stability or availability changes
Output token limit is lower than some competitors
Not as powerful as Gemini 2.5 Pro for complex reasoning
Limited availability in some regions

Use Cases

Real-time customer support chatbots

Live transcription and translation

Interactive coding assistants

Multimodal search and retrieval

Content moderation with image/video

Voice assistants and audio processing

Streaming data analysis

Improvements Over Previous Model

New model in the Flash family, offering lower latency than Gemini 2.0 Flash
Context window increased from 1M tokens (Gemini 2.0 Flash) to 1M tokens (same, but now standard)
Added native audio and video input support
Improved reasoning and coding benchmarks over Gemini 2.0 Flash
Lower pricing: $0.15/M input tokens vs $0.10/M for Gemini 2.0 Flash (but with added capabilities)
Supports live streaming and real-time interaction

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Improvements Over Previous Model

New model in the Flash family, offering lower latency than Gemini 2.0 Flash

Context window increased from 1M tokens (Gemini 2.0 Flash) to 1M tokens (same, but now standard)

Added native audio and video input support

Improved reasoning and coding benchmarks over Gemini 2.0 Flash

Lower pricing: $0.15/M input tokens vs $0.10/M for Gemini 2.0 Flash (but with added capabilities)

Supports live streaming and real-time interaction