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gemini Gemini Python SDK Releases · · 2.9.0

Google GenAI Python SDK v2.9.0: Model updates and API enhancements

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The Google GenAI Python SDK has been updated to v2.9.0, replacing the interactions implementation with an unchanged public API surface. Key features include support for new models like gemini-3-flash-preview and Gemma 4, enhanced audio transcription capabilities, and new interaction parameters. These updates benefit developers integrating Gemini models by providing access to the latest AI capabilities and improvements.

  • →Add audioOffset to VoiceActivity
  • →Add gemini-3-flash-preview (gemini-3.1, gemini-3.5, gemini-4 are already mapped) to the local tokenizer map. , closes #1972
  • →Add interimInputTranscription to LiveServerContent
  • →Add LanguageAuto, LanguageHints, and adaptationPhrases to AudioTranscriptionConfig
  • →Broaden publisher model path check to support all publishers
Features (10) ›
  • Add audioOffset to VoiceActivity
    fb785e4
  • Add gemini-3-flash-preview (gemini-3.1, gemini-3.5, gemini-4 are already mapped) to the local tokenizer map. , closes #1972
    749f8a1
  • Add interimInputTranscription to LiveServerContent
    fb785e4
  • Add LanguageAuto, LanguageHints, and adaptationPhrases to AudioTranscriptionConfig
    fb785e4
  • Broaden publisher model path check to support all publishers
    5d282e6
  • Add ServiceTier to UsageMetadata
    45b4963
  • Expose Computer Use API fields
    420b5a7
  • Gemma 4 local tokenizer support
    ca97c58
  • interaction-api Add presence_penalty, frequency_penalty, and cached_content to models.proto
    05f16fe
  • interaction-api Rename usage to total_usage in StreamMetadata
    7c331c6
Fixes (5) ›

  • Add fallback for aiohttp.readline without max_line_length for backward compatibility because we still want to keep aiohttp as optional dependency , closes #2487

    e99ab99
  • Fix header
    f8f9749
  • Keep live music API keys out of websocket urls
    #2564c754ebf
  • Make transformers an optional dependency for local tokenizers, also add other dependencies to local-tokenizer-extras
    528926b
  • Use .model_copy() instead of deprecated .copy()
    216369f
Read the original announcement →

https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/releases/tag/v2.9.0

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