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Participants were guided to sign up using their personal emails to access Google Cloud's trial credits. The process was straightforward:

• Sign in with Google using a personal email.

• Agree to terms and conditions to receive trial credits.

• Create a Google Cloud project under the trial billing account.

The importance of this step was stressed to encourage hands-on experimentation at home, highlighting that the credentials are for individual learning without affecting corporate resources.

Technical Deep Dive: Gemini Live API

WebSockets vs. REST

Gopala explained why web sockets are essential for real-time, bidirectional communication:

• REST API operates request-response style, requiring new HTTP payloads for each request, resulting in latency.