Gemini 2.5 Flash Native Audio API Pricing

As of October 10, 2026, Gemini 2.5 Flash Native Audio costs $0.50 per 1M input tokens and $2.00 per 1M output tokens on Google AI Studio. It has a 131,072-token context window and returns up to 8,192 tokens per response.

By GoogleModel ID gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-latestPrices updated October 10, 2026Checked October 10, 2026

Input: $0.50 / 1M tokens
Output: $2.00 / 1M tokens
Context window: 131,072 tokens
Max output: 8,192 tokens
Providers: 2
Added to LiteLLM: February 2026

Gemini 2.5 Flash Native Audio pricing by provider

3 listings across 2 providers. Token prices are in US dollars per 1M tokens. The highlighted row is the price quoted above.

Provider	Model name in LiteLLM	Input	Output	Context
Google AI Studiolatest alias	`gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-latest`	$0.50	$2.00	128K
Google AI Studiolatest alias	`gemini/gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-latest`	$0.50	$2.00	128K
Google Vertex AI	`vertex_ai/gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio`	$0.50	$2.00	–

Other Gemini 2.5 Flash Native Audio prices on Google AI Studio

Audio input	$3.00 per 1M tokens
Audio output	$12.00 per 1M tokens

What Gemini 2.5 Flash Native Audio costs in practice

1,000 requests with 2,000 input and 500 output tokens each

Google AI Studio	$2.00
Google Vertex AI	$2.00

100 long-document requests with 100,000 input and 2,000 output tokens each

Google AI Studio	$5.40
Google Vertex AI	$5.40

Gemini 2.5 Flash Native Audio features

Input: text, audio. Output: text, audio.

Audio input
Audio output

Use Gemini 2.5 Flash Native Audio with LiteLLM

Call Gemini 2.5 Flash Native Audio through the LiteLLM Python SDK, or put it behind the LiteLLM proxy and send OpenAI-format requests to /v1/realtime. LiteLLM tracks the cost of every request at these prices.

Python SDK

from litellm import completion

response = completion(
    model="gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-latest",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)

Proxy config.yaml

model_list:
  - model_name: gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio
    litellm_params:
      model: gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-latest
      api_key: os.environ/GEMINI_API_KEY

Call the proxy

curl http://0.0.0.0:4000/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk-1234" \
  -d '{
    "model": "gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
  }'

Gemini 2.5 Flash Native Audio FAQ

How much does Gemini 2.5 Flash Native Audio cost?

Gemini 2.5 Flash Native Audio costs $0.50 per 1M input tokens and $2.00 per 1M output tokens on Google AI Studio.

What is the context window of Gemini 2.5 Flash Native Audio?

Gemini 2.5 Flash Native Audio has a 131,072-token context window and returns up to 8,192 tokens per response.

Which providers offer Gemini 2.5 Flash Native Audio?

Gemini 2.5 Flash Native Audio is available from 2 providers through LiteLLM: Google AI Studio and Google Vertex AI.

How do I call Gemini 2.5 Flash Native Audio with an OpenAI-compatible API?

Use the LiteLLM Python SDK with model="gemini-2.5-flash-native-audio-latest", or add the model to the LiteLLM proxy's config.yaml and send requests to /v1/realtime from any OpenAI client. LiteLLM tracks the cost of every request at the prices on this page.

What features does Gemini 2.5 Flash Native Audio support?

Gemini 2.5 Flash Native Audio supports audio input and audio output.

When did LiteLLM add Gemini 2.5 Flash Native Audio?

Gemini 2.5 Flash Native Audio was added to LiteLLM's model price file in February 2026.

Sources

Prices come from LiteLLM's open-source model_prices_and_context_window.json, which LiteLLM uses to calculate the cost of every request. Provider pricing pages:

LiteLLM docs: Google AI Studio, Google Vertex AI.

Provider pages: Google AI Studio, Google Vertex AI.