Hi,
I’m having an issue with using Google Gemini Live on the Brave browser. My phone microphone works perfectly with other apps and browsers like Google Chrome , and I also tested it on https://webcammictest.io/mic-test everything is working fine.
However, when I try to use Gemini Live in Brave, the mic doesn’t seem to work at all. I’ve checked permissions and allowed microphone access, but still no luck.
Is there a fix for this?
Thanks!
This is likely due to the following issue that is presently being assessed:
opened 03:02AM - 15 Mar 19 UTC
privacy
priority/P2
webcompat/not-shields-related
audio
blocked
privacy/connect
OS/Desktop
## Brave Software staff comment (by @bsclifton)
- **19 Nov 2019**: This feature … relies on a Speech API key that we would need to create and pay for on a per-use basis. [We could enable this for our API key](https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/3725#issuecomment-555694620) but the cost would be very high and there are privacy concerns.
- **6 Jul 2023**: [We started looking at a custom solution](https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/3725#issuecomment-1623880485).
- **24 Jan 2025**: We have been continuing to look into a [custom solution using Lingvanex](https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/3725#issuecomment-2613151950). Proof of concept has been done - but lots of challenges since starting to look at it initially.
- **10 Jun 2025**: Current approach is to wait for improvements to WebSpeech API (Chromium 139; ~5 Aug 2025). [See comment here for more info](https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/3725#issuecomment-2959189607).
## Original issue details by @MGRussell
This issue was previously opened in the browser-laptop repo [here](https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/issues/4476) and was archived without resolution with numerous OS/versions chiming in. I am reopening it here, and reporting with Windows 7 with Brave Version 0.61.51 Chromium: 73.0.3683.75 (Official Build) (64-bit). [This](https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/2802) may be a related issue which mentions that Webspeech API is disabled within Brave.
## Description
The browser does not function properly with Duolingo. The site asks for permission to use the microphone and everything seems to work fine, but it seems no input is ever being sent from brave to the site. The site only officially supports chrome and so this is something that would need to be remedied on Brave's end, if the browser is to be capable of using Duolingo.
## Steps to Reproduce
The browser fails on any tests from Duolingo that asks the user to send voice data, 100% of the time.
### Website problems only:
The issue does not resolve when disabling brave shields. This issue is not present on the latest version of Chrome.