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Why use Gemini 2.0 Flash Live API on GCP Vertex AI?
GCP Vertex AI offers Gemini 2.0 Flash Live API with pay-as-you-go pricing at $0.50/1M input tokens. Vertex AI is Google Cloud's managed AI platform, offering access to Gemini models and hundreds of partner models alongside tools for fine-tuning, grounding, vector search, and end-to-end MLOps pipelines.
Input / 1M
$0.50
Output / 1M
-
Cache
Not sourced
Batch
Not sourced
Setup recipe
Python + curlInstall
pip install google-cloud-aiplatformAuth
export GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT=...Call
import os
import vertexai
from vertexai.generative_models import GenerativeModel
vertexai.init(project=os.environ["GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT"], location="us-central1")Model ID
gemini-2.0-flash-live-001Request example
import os
import vertexai
from vertexai.generative_models import GenerativeModel
# Reads GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT from env; authenticates via Application Default Credentials
vertexai.init(project=os.environ["GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT"], location="us-central1")
model = GenerativeModel("gemini-2.0-flash-live-001")
response = model.generate_content("Hello")
print(response.text)Gotchas
- For Google-published models use the model name directly, e.g. "gemini-2.0-flash-001". For third-party publishers (Anthropic, Meta, etc.) use the full publisher path, e.g. "publishers/anthropic/models/claude-3-5-sonnet-v2@20241022".
- The examples expect GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT; rename it only if your application config maps the new variable.
Pricing
| Type | Price (per 1M) |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $0.50 |
Capabilities
VisionMultimodalFunction CallingTool UseStructured Outputs
About Gemini 2.0 Flash Live API
Gemini 2.0 Flash live variant for real-time multimodal streaming.
FAQ
What is the context window for Gemini 2.0 Flash Live API on GCP Vertex AI?
Gemini 2.0 Flash Live API supports a 1,000,000 token context window on GCP Vertex AI.
Who created Gemini 2.0 Flash Live API?
Gemini 2.0 Flash Live API was created by Google DeepMind as part of the Gemini 2.0 model family.
Is Gemini 2.0 Flash Live API open source?
Gemini 2.0 Flash Live API is not open source; the seed data lists it as proprietary.
Model Specs
Released2025-03-01
Context1M
ArchitectureDecoder Only