Persistent Noise in TTS Audio Generation

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I’m experiencing a persistent issue with the TTS (Text-to-Speech) functionality of the Gemini API. My TTS generation, which previously worked perfectly, now consistently produces a low-level hissing or static noise that is present in all generated audio.

This noise is particularly noticeable when the voice is speaking and is almost completely absent during silent pauses. This suggests the issue is an artifact of the voice generation itself, rather than simple background noise.

I’ve been working with this API for a while, and the problem appeared suddenly around September 12-13, 2025.

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I had the same problem on September 18th.
Were you able to fix it?

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well idk how to fix it cuz i can’t write code but i’m using auphonic to fix it however it takes more time

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I have this hissing for quite a while - I posted on X and tried tagging - I found out that the longer the generation is lasting the more the hissing gets in there. Seems like a model issue as it persists on all voices.
Found no way to solve it…

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Same thing here. This issue is really annoying. I used to create high quality content but now the problem persists and quality is really poor. I hope they fix it anytime soon.

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Hi guys @Aizen_Sosuke @Piotr_Jarecki @Rafael_Silva @Jhonny_Chambers
Wanted to reproduce from my end . could you please confirm if this is happening with both gemini-2.5-flash-preview-tts and gemini-2.5-pro-preview-tts? Additionally, does this occur with all audio lengths, and if so, please provide the token count at which the hissing sound starts. Any additional details you can provide about the conditions under which this occurs would be very helpful
Thank you

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@Pannaga_J yes, both gemini-2.5-flash-preview-tts and gemini-2.5-pro-preview-tts seem to have the same issue. I create short length audios, and the hissing has always been there since Sept 15. Thanks!

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Thanks for flagging this. We have updated the concerned team about it .

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Hello guys, any recent updates on this issue?

Has anybody (user / developer) been able to find a solution?

Thanks!