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Google Gemini/API Release Notes/April 2025 Model and Live API Updates

April 2025 Model and Live API Updates

$npx @buildinternet/releases show rel_X07jVl0dUUpl0e68DJGBF

Model updates:

  • Released veo-2.0-generate-001, a GA text- and image-to-video model. See the Veo docs.
  • Released gemini-2.0-flash-live-001, a public preview Live API model with billing enabled, featuring:
    • Session Resumption: Server-side session state storage (up to 24 hours) with reconnection handles.
    • Longer Sessions via Context Compression: Sliding window context compression to prevent abrupt terminations.
    • Graceful Disconnect Notification: GoAway server message before connection closes.
    • Configurable Voice Activity Detection (VAD): Sensitivity levels or manual turn control via activityStart/activityEnd events.
    • Configurable Interruption Handling: Control whether user input interrupts the model.
    • Configurable Turn Coverage and Media Resolution.
    • Expanded Voice & Language Options: Two new voices, 30 new languages, configurable output language.
    • Text Streaming: Incremental text responses.
    • Token Usage Reporting: Detailed token counts in usageMetadata.

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