Gemini 3.5 Live Translate Preview

Google

google/gemini-3.5-live-translate-previewClosed API

Low-latency audio-to-audio model for real-time speech translation across 70+ languages

Benchmark Pricing$3.50 / 1M in$21.00 / 1M out

Context: 131,072 tokens•Max Output: 65,536 tokens•Knowledge: 2025-01•Released: 2026-06-09

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Context Window131,072131.1K tokens

Max Output65,53665.5K tokens

LicenseProprietaryCloud API only

Input Modalities

TextAudio

Function / Tool CallingNot Supported

Structured OutputsPrompt Based

MODEL CONTEXT PROTOCOL (MCP) READINESS

⚠ Gemini 3.5 Live Translate Preview does not natively advertise tool-calling capabilities. When connecting to MCP servers, function calling must be handled via structured prompt injection.

MCP Context Window Recommendations

With a context capacity of 131,072 tokens, this model can handle moderately large MCP tool definitions and multi-turn conversation logs comfortably.

API CALL INVOCATION EXAMPLE

// Example: Calling Gemini 3.5 Live Translate Preview via OpenAI SDK
import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  apiKey: process.env.GOOGLE_API_KEY,
});

const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "google/gemini-3.5-live-translate-preview",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello! Can you inspect MCP tools?" }],
});

console.log(response.choices[0].message.content);