diff --git a/firebase-ai/src/main/kotlin/com/google/firebase/ai/type/LiveSession.kt b/firebase-ai/src/main/kotlin/com/google/firebase/ai/type/LiveSession.kt
index c703cd959c3..1dd93860d56 100644
--- a/firebase-ai/src/main/kotlin/com/google/firebase/ai/type/LiveSession.kt
+++ b/firebase-ai/src/main/kotlin/com/google/firebase/ai/type/LiveSession.kt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package com.google.firebase.ai.type
 
+import android.Manifest
 import android.Manifest.permission.RECORD_AUDIO
 import android.content.pm.PackageManager
 import android.media.AudioFormat
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ internal constructor(
   private val session: DefaultClientWebSocketSession,
   @Blocking private val blockingDispatcher: CoroutineContext,
   private var audioHelper: AudioHelper? = null,
+  private var videoHelper: VideoHelper? = null,
   private val firebaseApp: FirebaseApp,
 ) {
   /**
@@ -162,6 +164,66 @@ internal constructor(
 
       audioHelper?.release()
       audioHelper = null
+      videoHelper?.release()
+      videoHelper = null
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Stops the video conversation with the model.
+   *
+   * This only needs to be called after a previous call to [startVideoConversation].
+   *
+   * If there is no video conversation currently active, this function does nothing.
+   */
+  public fun stopVideoConversation() {
+    FirebaseAIException.catch {
+      if (!startedReceiving.getAndSet(false)) return@catch
+
+      scope.cancel()
+
+      videoHelper?.release()
+      videoHelper = null
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Starts a video conversation with the model, which can only be stopped using
+   * [stopVideoConversation] or [close].
+   *
+   * @param cameraId The ID of the camera to use for the video stream.
+   */
+  @RequiresPermission(Manifest.permission.CAMERA)
+  public suspend fun startVideoConversation(cameraId: String) {
+    val context = firebaseApp.applicationContext
+    if (
+      ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(context, Manifest.permission.CAMERA) !=
+        PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED
+    ) {
+      throw PermissionMissingException("Camera access not provided by the user")
+    }
+
+    FirebaseAIException.catchAsync {
+      if (scope.isActive) {
+        Log.w(
+          TAG,
+          "startVideoConversation called after a conversation has already started. " +
+            "Call stopVideoConversation to close the previous connection."
+        )
+        return@catchAsync
+      }
+
+      scope = CoroutineScope(blockingDispatcher + childJob())
+      val cameraManager =
+        context.getSystemService(android.content.Context.CAMERA_SERVICE)
+          as android.hardware.camera2.CameraManager
+      videoHelper = VideoHelper.build(cameraManager)
+      videoHelper
+        ?.start(cameraId)
+        ?.buffer(UNLIMITED)
+        ?.onEach { sendMediaStream(listOf(MediaData(it, "image/jpeg"))) }
+        ?.catch { throw FirebaseAIException.from(it) }
+        ?.launchIn(scope)
     }
   }
 
@@ -171,6 +233,9 @@ internal constructor(
   /** Indicates whether an audio conversation is being used for this session object. */
   public fun isAudioConversationActive(): Boolean = (audioHelper != null)
 
+  /** Indicates whether a video conversation is being used for this session object. */
+  public fun isVideoConversationActive(): Boolean = (videoHelper != null)
+
   /**
    * Receives responses from the model for both streaming and standard requests.
    *
@@ -314,6 +379,7 @@ internal constructor(
     FirebaseAIException.catchAsync {
       session.close()
       stopAudioConversation()
+      stopVideoConversation()
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/firebase-ai/src/main/kotlin/com/google/firebase/ai/type/VideoHelper.kt b/firebase-ai/src/main/kotlin/com/google/firebase/ai/type/VideoHelper.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9cd6cdd396b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/firebase-ai/src/main/kotlin/com/google/firebase/ai/type/VideoHelper.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,225 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2025 Google LLC
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.google.firebase.ai.type
+
+import android.Manifest
+import android.graphics.Bitmap
+import android.graphics.BitmapFactory
+import android.graphics.ImageFormat
+import android.hardware.camera2.CameraCaptureSession
+import android.hardware.camera2.CameraDevice
+import android.hardware.camera2.CameraManager
+import android.media.ImageReader
+import android.os.Handler
+import android.os.Looper
+import androidx.annotation.RequiresPermission
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream
+import kotlin.coroutines.resume
+import kotlin.coroutines.resumeWithException
+import kotlin.math.max
+import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope
+import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
+import kotlinx.coroutines.cancel
+import kotlinx.coroutines.channels.awaitClose
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.Flow
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.callbackFlow
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.emptyFlow
+import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
+import kotlinx.coroutines.suspendCancellableCoroutine
+
+/**
+ * Helper class for streaming video from the camera.
+ *
+ * @see VideoHelper.build
+ * @see LiveSession.startVideoConversation
+ */
+@PublicPreviewAPI
+internal class VideoHelper(
+  private val cameraManager: CameraManager,
+) {
+  private var cameraDevice: CameraDevice? = null
+  private var imageReader: ImageReader? = null
+  private var session: CameraCaptureSession? = null
+  private val scope = CoroutineScope(Dispatchers.Default)
+
+  private var released: Boolean = false
+
+  /**
+   * Release the system resources on the camera.
+   *
+   * Once a [VideoHelper] has been "released", it can _not_ be used again.
+   *
+   * This method can safely be called multiple times, as it won't do anything if this instance has
+   * already been released.
+   */
+  fun release() {
+    if (released) return
+    released = true
+
+    session?.close()
+    imageReader?.close()
+    cameraDevice?.close()
+    scope.cancel()
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Start perpetually streaming the camera, and return the bytes read in a flow.
+   *
+   * Returns an empty flow if this [VideoHelper] has been [released][release].
+   */
+  @RequiresPermission(Manifest.permission.CAMERA)
+  suspend fun start(cameraId: String): Flow<ByteArray> {
+    if (released) return emptyFlow()
+
+    cameraDevice = openCamera(cameraId)
+    val cameraDevice = cameraDevice ?: return emptyFlow()
+
+    val characteristics = cameraManager.getCameraCharacteristics(cameraId)
+    val streamConfigurationMap =
+      characteristics.get(
+        android.hardware.camera2.CameraCharacteristics.SCALER_STREAM_CONFIGURATION_MAP
+      )
+    val outputSizes = streamConfigurationMap?.getOutputSizes(ImageFormat.JPEG)
+    val size = outputSizes?.maxByOrNull { it.width * it.height } ?: return emptyFlow()
+
+    imageReader = ImageReader.newInstance(size.width, size.height, ImageFormat.JPEG, 1)
+    val imageReader = imageReader ?: return emptyFlow()
+
+    session = createCaptureSession(cameraDevice, imageReader)
+    val session = session ?: return emptyFlow()
+
+    val captureRequest =
+      session.device.createCaptureRequest(CameraDevice.TEMPLATE_PREVIEW).apply {
+        addTarget(imageReader.surface)
+      }
+    session.setRepeatingRequest(captureRequest.build(), null, null)
+
+    return callbackFlow {
+      val listener =
+        ImageReader.OnImageAvailableListener { reader ->
+          val image = reader.acquireLatestImage()
+          if (image != null) {
+            scope.launch {
+              val buffer = image.planes[0].buffer
+              val bytes = ByteArray(buffer.remaining())
+              buffer.get(bytes)
+              image.close()
+
+              val scaledBytes = scaleAndCompressImage(bytes)
+              trySend(scaledBytes)
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      imageReader.setOnImageAvailableListener(listener, null)
+
+      awaitClose { imageReader.setOnImageAvailableListener(null, null) }
+    }
+  }
+
+  private fun scaleAndCompressImage(bytes: ByteArray): ByteArray {
+    val options = BitmapFactory.Options().apply { inJustDecodeBounds = true }
+    BitmapFactory.decodeByteArray(bytes, 0, bytes.size, options)
+
+    val width = options.outWidth
+    val height = options.outHeight
+    val largestDimension = max(width, height)
+
+    var inSampleSize = 1
+    if (largestDimension > 2048) {
+      val halfLargestDimension = largestDimension / 2
+      while ((halfLargestDimension / inSampleSize) >= 2048) {
+        inSampleSize *= 2
+      }
+    }
+
+    options.inSampleSize = inSampleSize
+    options.inJustDecodeBounds = false
+    var bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeByteArray(bytes, 0, bytes.size, options)
+
+    val scaledWidth = bitmap.width
+    val scaledHeight = bitmap.height
+    val scaledLargestDimension = max(scaledWidth, scaledHeight)
+    if (scaledLargestDimension > 2048) {
+      val scaleFactor = 2048.0f / scaledLargestDimension
+      val newWidth = (scaledWidth * scaleFactor).toInt()
+      val newHeight = (scaledHeight * scaleFactor).toInt()
+      bitmap = Bitmap.createScaledBitmap(bitmap, newWidth, newHeight, true)
+    }
+
+    val outputStream = ByteArrayOutputStream()
+    bitmap.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 80, outputStream)
+    return outputStream.toByteArray()
+  }
+
+  @RequiresPermission(Manifest.permission.CAMERA)
+  private suspend fun openCamera(cameraId: String): CameraDevice =
+    suspendCancellableCoroutine { cont ->
+      val handler = Handler(Looper.getMainLooper())
+      cameraManager.openCamera(
+        cameraId,
+        object : CameraDevice.StateCallback() {
+          override fun onOpened(camera: CameraDevice) {
+            cont.resume(camera)
+          }
+
+          override fun onDisconnected(camera: CameraDevice) {
+            camera.close()
+          }
+
+          override fun onError(camera: CameraDevice, error: Int) {
+            camera.close()
+            cont.resumeWithException(RuntimeException("Failed to open camera. Error: $error"))
+          }
+        },
+        handler
+      )
+    }
+
+  private suspend fun createCaptureSession(
+    cameraDevice: CameraDevice,
+    imageReader: ImageReader
+  ): CameraCaptureSession = suspendCancellableCoroutine { cont ->
+    cameraDevice.createCaptureSession(
+      listOf(imageReader.surface),
+      object : CameraCaptureSession.StateCallback() {
+        override fun onConfigured(session: CameraCaptureSession) {
+          cont.resume(session)
+        }
+
+        override fun onConfigureFailed(session: CameraCaptureSession) {
+          cont.resumeWithException(RuntimeException("Failed to create capture session."))
+        }
+      },
+      null
+    )
+  }
+
+  companion object {
+    private val TAG = VideoHelper::class.java.simpleName
+
+    /**
+     * Creates an instance of [VideoHelper] with the camera manager initialized.
+     *
+     * A separate build method is necessary so that we can properly propagate the required manifest
+     * permission, and throw exceptions when needed.
+     */
+    @RequiresPermission(Manifest.permission.CAMERA)
+    fun build(cameraManager: CameraManager): VideoHelper {
+      return VideoHelper(cameraManager)
+    }
+  }
+}