# Gemini Live API Default Voice

**URL:** <https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/gemini-live-api-default-voice/147006>\
**Category:** Gemini API\
**Tags:** api, models, ai-studio, gemini\
**Created:** [May 21, 2026, 3:34pm UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/gemini-live-api-default-voice/147006 "2026-05-21T15:34:37Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 3:34pm UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/gemini-live-api-default-voice/147006/1 "2026-05-21T15:34:37Z")

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Hi all

What’s the default voice for Gemini 3.1 Flash Live Preview? In Thai, not specifying any voiceName result in near-native accent. I tried to find the exact voice through AI Studio but all of the listed ones sound like foreigners trying to speaker Thai (like a lot worse!).

Reason I need to pinpoint the voice because I need to be sure the gender does not change. In Thai, we have polite particles and first person singular pronouns that are different between male and female.

```typescript
this._session = await this._genAI.live.connect({model: this._config.model,

    config: {
      responseModalities: [Modality.AUDIO],
      systemInstruction: this._config.systemInstructions,
      speechConfig: {
        // empty speech config results in much better thai accent but you can't
        // be confident the default won't change.
        // voiceConfig: { 
        // prebuiltVoiceConfig: {
        // voiceName: "xxx",
        // },
        // },
        languageCode: "th-TH",
      },
    },

```