Using Gemini 3.1 Flash Live Preview on Google AI Studio

Implementation guide · Gemini 3.1 · Google DeepMind

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Google AI Studio exposes Gemini 3.1 Flash Live Preview through model ID gemini-3.1-flash-live-preview. Use the setup steps, sourced pricing, capabilities, and official provider links below to validate this route before deployment.

Last refreshed 2026-06-15. Next refresh: weekly.

Quick Start

  1. 1
    Create an account at Google AI Studio and generate an API key.
  2. 2
    Use the Google AI Studio SDK or REST API to call gemini-3.1-flash-live-preview — see the documentation for request format.
  3. 3
    You'll be billed $0.75/1M input, $4.50/1M output tokens. See full pricing.
API PortalDocumentationPricing

Code Examples

Install
pip install google-genai
API key
GOOGLE_API_KEY
Model ID
gemini-3.1-flash-live-preview

Use the model name directly, e.g. "gemini-2.0-flash", "gemini-1.5-pro", or "gemini-2.5-pro-preview-05-06".

import os
from google import genai

client = genai.Client(api_key=os.environ["GOOGLE_API_KEY"])
response = client.models.generate_content(
    model="gemini-3.1-flash-live-preview",
    contents="Hello"
)
print(response.text)

Pricing on Google AI Studio

TypePrice (per 1M)
Input tokens$0.75
Output tokens$4.50

Capabilities

VisionMultimodalJSON / Tool useStructured Outputs

About Gemini 3.1 Flash Live Preview

Google Gemini 3.1 Flash live preview model optimized for real-time multimodal interactions.

Full model details →

Model Specs

Released2026-01-01
Context128k
ArchitectureDecoder Only
Knowledge cutoff2025-01

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Provider

Google AI Studio