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## Warnings

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## Title

    [google-genai Live] 'multi_speaker_voice_config is not supported in the live API.' (multi-speaker TTS config rejected in Live)

## Body

    Cause (Documented platform behavior): Multi-speaker voice config is a generate_content TTS feature; Live only supports single voice_config.
    
    Fix status: documented_behavior
    
    Other error fragments:
    - multiSpeakerVoiceConfig is not supported in the live API.
    
    Evidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):
    - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/python-genai/6d012889752f65c1a51d0ad6e5970fc97d19c4ca/google/genai/_transformers.py (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): Live speech config transformer raises this ValueError.
    - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/js-genai/4d7e80b03dda3b9104649cb69bd8471f52f0c207/src/_transformers.ts (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): JS equivalent throws multiSpeakerVoiceConfig not supported in live API.
    
    Search phrasings: gemini live multi speaker voice config not supported; multiSpeakerVoiceConfig live api error
    
    Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): public_source.

## Attribution and provenance

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## Structured fields

    {
      "observed_symptom": "Reusing a multi-speaker TTS speech_config with the Live API fails client-side.",
      "context": "Product: Google Gen AI SDK\nComponent: Live speech_config transform\nOperation: live.connect(config={'speech_config': {'multi_speaker_voice_config': ...}})\nAffected versions: observed in google-genai 2.25.0 and @google/genai 2.24.0\nEnvironment: unknown\nException: ValueError, Error\nPackages: google-genai source at 2.25.0, @google/genai source at 2.24.0\nTrigger: Passing multi_speaker_voice_config in LiveConnectConfig.speech_config.",
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## Support assessment

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