diff --git a/firebase-ai/CHANGELOG.md b/firebase-ai/CHANGELOG.md
index 241a23f0f63..3244c980674 100644
--- a/firebase-ai/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/firebase-ai/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 # Unreleased
 
 * [fixed] Fixed `FirebaseAI.getInstance` StackOverflowException (#6971)
-* [fixed] Fixed an issue that was causing the SDK to send empty `FunctionDeclaration` descriptions to the API. 
+* [fixed] Fixed an issue that was causing the SDK to send empty `FunctionDeclaration` descriptions to the API.
+* [changed] Introduced the `Voice` class, which accepts a voice name, and deprecated the `Voices` class.
+* [changed] **Breaking Change**: Updated `SpeechConfig` to take in `Voice` class instead of `Voices` class.
+    * **Action Required:** Update all references of `SpeechConfig` initialization to use `Voice` class.
 
+ 
 # 16.0.0
 * [feature] Initial release of the Firebase AI SDK (`firebase-ai`). This SDK *replaces* the previous
  Vertex AI in Firebase SDK (`firebase-vertexai`) to accommodate the evolving set of supported
diff --git a/firebase-ai/api.txt b/firebase-ai/api.txt
index c9d55f52295..5645b466110 100644
--- a/firebase-ai/api.txt
+++ b/firebase-ai/api.txt
@@ -863,9 +863,9 @@ package com.google.firebase.ai.type {
   }
 
   @com.google.firebase.ai.type.PublicPreviewAPI public final class SpeechConfig {
-    ctor public SpeechConfig(com.google.firebase.ai.type.Voices voice);
-    method public com.google.firebase.ai.type.Voices getVoice();
-    property public final com.google.firebase.ai.type.Voices voice;
+    ctor public SpeechConfig(com.google.firebase.ai.type.Voice voice);
+    method public com.google.firebase.ai.type.Voice getVoice();
+    property public final com.google.firebase.ai.type.Voice voice;
   }
 
   public abstract class StringFormat {
@@ -914,19 +914,25 @@ package com.google.firebase.ai.type {
     property public final int totalTokenCount;
   }
 
-  @com.google.firebase.ai.type.PublicPreviewAPI public final class Voices {
-    method public int getOrdinal();
-    property public final int ordinal;
-    field public static final com.google.firebase.ai.type.Voices AOEDE;
-    field public static final com.google.firebase.ai.type.Voices CHARON;
-    field public static final com.google.firebase.ai.type.Voices.Companion Companion;
-    field public static final com.google.firebase.ai.type.Voices FENRIR;
-    field public static final com.google.firebase.ai.type.Voices KORE;
-    field public static final com.google.firebase.ai.type.Voices PUCK;
-    field public static final com.google.firebase.ai.type.Voices UNSPECIFIED;
+  @com.google.firebase.ai.type.PublicPreviewAPI public final class Voice {
+    ctor public Voice(String voiceName);
+    method public String getVoiceName();
+    property public final String voiceName;
+  }
+
+  @Deprecated @com.google.firebase.ai.type.PublicPreviewAPI public final class Voices {
+    method @Deprecated public int getOrdinal();
+    property @Deprecated public final int ordinal;
+    field @Deprecated public static final com.google.firebase.ai.type.Voices AOEDE;
+    field @Deprecated public static final com.google.firebase.ai.type.Voices CHARON;
+    field @Deprecated public static final com.google.firebase.ai.type.Voices.Companion Companion;
+    field @Deprecated public static final com.google.firebase.ai.type.Voices FENRIR;
+    field @Deprecated public static final com.google.firebase.ai.type.Voices KORE;
+    field @Deprecated public static final com.google.firebase.ai.type.Voices PUCK;
+    field @Deprecated public static final com.google.firebase.ai.type.Voices UNSPECIFIED;
   }
 
-  public static final class Voices.Companion {
+  @Deprecated public static final class Voices.Companion {
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/firebase-ai/gradle.properties b/firebase-ai/gradle.properties
index b9f800fb7d6..1c7c87996dd 100644
--- a/firebase-ai/gradle.properties
+++ b/firebase-ai/gradle.properties
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-version=16.0.1
+version=16.1.0
 latestReleasedVersion=16.0.0
diff --git a/firebase-ai/src/main/kotlin/com/google/firebase/ai/type/SpeechConfig.kt b/firebase-ai/src/main/kotlin/com/google/firebase/ai/type/SpeechConfig.kt
index 8a25b47893f..12de21caff3 100644
--- a/firebase-ai/src/main/kotlin/com/google/firebase/ai/type/SpeechConfig.kt
+++ b/firebase-ai/src/main/kotlin/com/google/firebase/ai/type/SpeechConfig.kt
@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@ import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable
 @PublicPreviewAPI
 public class SpeechConfig(
   /** The voice to be used for the server's speech response. */
-  public val voice: Voices
+  public val voice: Voice
 ) {
 
   @Serializable
   internal data class Internal(@SerialName("voice_config") val voiceConfig: VoiceConfigInternal) {
     @Serializable
     internal data class VoiceConfigInternal(
-      @SerialName("prebuilt_voice_config") val prebuiltVoiceConfig: Voices.Internal,
+      @SerialName("prebuilt_voice_config") val prebuiltVoiceConfig: Voice.Internal,
     )
   }
 
diff --git a/firebase-ai/src/main/kotlin/com/google/firebase/ai/type/Voice.kt b/firebase-ai/src/main/kotlin/com/google/firebase/ai/type/Voice.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7053fc986cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/firebase-ai/src/main/kotlin/com/google/firebase/ai/type/Voice.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * 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 kotlinx.serialization.SerialName
+import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable
+
+/**
+ * Various voices supported by the server. The list of all voices can be found
+ * [here](https://cloud.google.com/text-to-speech/docs/chirp3-hd)
+ */
+@PublicPreviewAPI
+public class Voice public constructor(public val voiceName: String) {
+
+  @Serializable internal data class Internal(@SerialName("voice_name") val voiceName: String)
+
+  internal fun toInternal(): Internal {
+    return Internal(this.voiceName)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/firebase-ai/src/main/kotlin/com/google/firebase/ai/type/Voices.kt b/firebase-ai/src/main/kotlin/com/google/firebase/ai/type/Voices.kt
index ad26db572bc..d5e1f738dc2 100644
--- a/firebase-ai/src/main/kotlin/com/google/firebase/ai/type/Voices.kt
+++ b/firebase-ai/src/main/kotlin/com/google/firebase/ai/type/Voices.kt
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import kotlinx.serialization.SerialName
 import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable
 
 /** Various voices supported by the server */
+@Deprecated("Please use the Voice class instead.", ReplaceWith("Voice"))
 @PublicPreviewAPI
 public class Voices private constructor(public val ordinal: Int) {
 
diff --git a/firebase-ai/src/testUtil/java/com/google/firebase/ai/JavaCompileTests.java b/firebase-ai/src/testUtil/java/com/google/firebase/ai/JavaCompileTests.java
index 0c32921d5db..559c4ac8a04 100644
--- a/firebase-ai/src/testUtil/java/com/google/firebase/ai/JavaCompileTests.java
+++ b/firebase-ai/src/testUtil/java/com/google/firebase/ai/JavaCompileTests.java
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 import com.google.firebase.ai.type.SpeechConfig;
 import com.google.firebase.ai.type.TextPart;
 import com.google.firebase.ai.type.UsageMetadata;
-import com.google.firebase.ai.type.Voices;
+import com.google.firebase.ai.type.Voice;
 import com.google.firebase.concurrent.FirebaseExecutors;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Calendar;
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ private LiveGenerationConfig getLiveConfig() {
         .setFrequencyPenalty(1.0F)
         .setPresencePenalty(2.0F)
         .setResponseModality(ResponseModality.AUDIO)
-        .setSpeechConfig(new SpeechConfig(Voices.AOEDE))
+        .setSpeechConfig(new SpeechConfig(new Voice("AOEDE")))
         .build();
   }