diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 91afcc794..447041417 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ fal = []
 fireworks = []
 fish = [ "ormsgpack>=1.7.0,<2", "pipecat-ai[websockets-base]" ]
 gladia = [ "pipecat-ai[websockets-base]" ]
-google = [ "google-cloud-speech>=2.33.0,<3", "google-cloud-texttospeech>=2.31.0,<3", "google-genai>=1.57.0,<2", "pipecat-ai[websockets-base]" ]
+google = [ "google-cloud-speech>=2.33.0,<3", "google-cloud-texttospeech>=2.31.0,<3", "google-genai>=1.68.0,<2", "pipecat-ai[websockets-base]" ]
 gradium = [ "pipecat-ai[websockets-base]" ]
 grok = []
 groq = [ "groq>=0.23.0,<2" ]
diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/google/gemini_live/llm.py b/src/pipecat/services/google/gemini_live/llm.py
index 5c9e5f8b3..121abe468 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/google/gemini_live/llm.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/google/gemini_live/llm.py
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ try:
         FunctionResponse,
         GenerationConfig,
         GroundingMetadata,
+        HistoryConfig,
         HttpOptions,
         LiveConnectConfig,
         LiveServerMessage,
@@ -1204,6 +1205,7 @@ class GeminiLiveLLMService(LLMService):
                 input_audio_transcription=AudioTranscriptionConfig(),
                 output_audio_transcription=AudioTranscriptionConfig(),
                 session_resumption=SessionResumptionConfig(handle=session_resumption_handle),
+                history_config=HistoryConfig(initial_history_in_client_content=True),
             )
 
             # Add context window compression to configuration, if enabled
@@ -1505,9 +1507,9 @@ class GeminiLiveLLMService(LLMService):
         await self.start_ttfb_metrics()
 
         try:
-            await self._session.send_client_content(
-                turns=messages, turn_complete=self._inference_on_context_initialization
-            )
+            await self._session.send_client_content(turns=messages, turn_complete=False)
+            if self._inference_on_context_initialization:
+                await self._session.send_realtime_input(text=" ")
         except Exception as e:
             await self._handle_send_error(e)
 
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 1263097a8..070cd38e1 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -2086,7 +2086,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "google-genai"
-version = "1.67.0"
+version = "1.68.0"
 source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "anyio" },
@@ -2100,9 +2100,9 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "typing-extensions" },
     { name = "websockets" },
 ]
-sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/a2/07/59a498f81f2c7b0649eacda2ea470b7fd8bd7149f20caba22962081bdd51/google_genai-1.67.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:897195a6a9742deb6de240b99227189ada8b2d901d61bdfba836c3092021eab6", size = 506972, upload-time = "2026-03-12T20:39:16.241Z" }
+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/9c/2c/f059982dbcb658cc535c81bbcbe7e2c040d675f4b563b03cdb01018a4bc3/google_genai-1.68.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:ac30c0b8bc630f9372993a97e4a11dae0e36f2e10d7c55eacdca95a9fa14ca96", size = 511285, upload-time = "2026-03-18T01:03:18.243Z" }
 wheels = [
-    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/6e/c2/562aa1f086e53529ffbeb5b43d5d8bc42c1b968102b5e2163fad005ce298/google_genai-1.67.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:58b0484ff2d4335fa53c724b489e9f807fcca8115d9cdbd8fdf341121fbd6d2d", size = 733542, upload-time = "2026-03-12T20:39:14.615Z" },
+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/84/de/7d3ee9c94b74c3578ea4f88d45e8de9405902f857932334d81e89bce3dfa/google_genai-1.68.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:a1bc9919c0e2ea2907d1e319b65471d3d6d58c54822039a249fe1323e4178d15", size = 750912, upload-time = "2026-03-18T01:03:15.983Z" },
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4819,7 +4819,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "faster-whisper", marker = "extra == 'whisper'", specifier = "~=1.2.1" },
     { name = "google-cloud-speech", marker = "extra == 'google'", specifier = ">=2.33.0,<3" },
     { name = "google-cloud-texttospeech", marker = "extra == 'google'", specifier = ">=2.31.0,<3" },
-    { name = "google-genai", marker = "extra == 'google'", specifier = ">=1.57.0,<2" },
+    { name = "google-genai", marker = "extra == 'google'", specifier = ">=1.68.0,<2" },
     { name = "groq", marker = "extra == 'groq'", specifier = ">=0.23.0,<2" },
     { name = "hume", marker = "extra == 'hume'", specifier = ">=0.11.2,<1" },
     { name = "kokoro-onnx", marker = "extra == 'kokoro'", specifier = ">=0.5.0,<1" },