# Trying gemini 3.1 flash live and I can't seem to make it start talking?

**URL:** <https://community.livekit.io/t/trying-gemini-3-1-flash-live-and-i-cant-seem-to-make-it-start-talking/690>\
**Category:** Getting Started\
**Created:** [March 26, 2026, 6:23pm UTC](https://community.livekit.io/t/trying-gemini-3-1-flash-live-and-i-cant-seem-to-make-it-start-talking/690 "2026-03-26T18:23:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![darryncampbell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.livekit.io/darryncampbell/32/20_2.png) [@darryncampbell](https://community.livekit.io/u/darryncampbell)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 9:28am UTC](https://community.livekit.io/t/trying-gemini-3-1-flash-live-and-i-cant-seem-to-make-it-start-talking/690/7 "2026-04-08T09:28:46Z")

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This PR is still open: [generate\_reply times out on first dialogue with gemini-3.1-flash-live-preview — works fine with gemini-2.5-flash- · Issue #5260 · livekit/agents · GitHub](https://github.com/livekit/agents/issues/5260)

I also gave an update in this other thread:

> [@Gemini 3.1 Flash Live not working with LiveKit Agents 1.5.1](https://community.livekit.io/t/gemini-3-1-flash-live-not-working-with-livekit-agents-1-5-1/757/4):
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> Hey Filippo, I was attempting to summarise DavidZhao’s response in the issue I linked, [generate\_reply times out on first dialogue with gemini-3.1-flash-live-preview — works fine with gemini-2.5-flash- · Issue #5260 · livekit/agents · GitHub](https://github.com/livekit/agents/issues/5260#issuecomment-4160219112) (David is our CTO) confirmed with gemini team that this is a temporary limitation with the model. they are working on improving the behavior on their side. in the next version we’ll raise an explicit error in generate\_reply to make the issue more clear Si…

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