Realtime engine
The gemini-live voice engine
One model for the whole turn. Google Gemini Live takes the caller's audio in and produces audio out with the reasoning inside the provider, so there is no separate speech-to-text or text-to-speech stage to name and latency is what the model itself delivers.
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$0.0466per connected minute, including the $0.012 orchestration fee
What gemini-live runs, and what each part costs
A realtime engine hands the whole turn to one model, so the price is mostly that model’s units. The pipeline label is Gemini Live, native audio.
| Stage | Model | Unit price | Per minute |
|---|---|---|---|
| Realtime model | google/gemini-live | $0.0000 per audio token in | $0.0063 |
| Realtime model | google/gemini-live | $0.0000 per audio token out | $0.0252 |
| Realtime model | google/gemini-live | $0.0000 per token in | $0.0017 |
| Realtime model | google/gemini-live | $0.0000 per token out | $0.0013 |
| Orchestration | wixzel/orchestration | $0.0120 per minute | $0.0120 |
Rounded up, never down. Where two models are listed for one stage the engine picks by language; the engine price above assumes the dearer path. All prices on the model price list.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the gemini-live voice engine?
- gemini-live is a realtime voice engine on Wixzel Phone. One model for the whole turn. Google Gemini Live takes the caller's audio in and produces audio out with the reasoning inside the provider, so there is no separate speech-to-text or text-to-speech stage to name and latency is what the model itself delivers.
- How much does the gemini-live engine cost per minute?
- $0.0466 per connected minute at typical speech rates, including the flat $0.012 per minute orchestration fee. The figure is generated from the price book the meter bills against and is rounded up, never down. Telephony runs over your own SIP trunk and is not included or marked up.
- Which models does the gemini-live engine use?
- gemini-live hands the whole turn to one realtime model:
google/gemini-live. There is no separate speech-to-text or text-to-speech stage to configure. - Do I need my own google account to use gemini-live?
- No. The provider accounts belong to Wixzel Phone. One
wv_live_…API key and a prepaid balance cover the gemini-live engine and every other engine; there are no provider keys to bring. - How do I use the gemini-live engine in a call?
- Set the agent's voice to
{"realtime": {"model": "google/gemini-live"}}when you create it withPOST /v1/agents, then place a call withPOST /v1/calls.GET /v1/engineslists what is available right now; an engine whose provider is degraded disappears from that list before calls start failing. - Is the gemini-live price per minute a flat rate?
- No. $0.0466 is what a typical minute adds up to. The meter charges per second of speech, per token and per character for the models that actually ran, plus the flat orchestration fee, and every micro-dollar is itemised in
GET /v1/usage/events. A quieter or shorter turn costs less; a long monologue costs more.