diff --git a/firebase-ai/src/main/kotlin/com/google/firebase/ai/common/util/android.kt b/firebase-ai/src/main/kotlin/com/google/firebase/ai/common/util/android.kt
index 6179c8b52e9..e9b1736977c 100644
--- a/firebase-ai/src/main/kotlin/com/google/firebase/ai/common/util/android.kt
+++ b/firebase-ai/src/main/kotlin/com/google/firebase/ai/common/util/android.kt
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ package com.google.firebase.ai.common.util
 import android.media.AudioRecord
 import kotlin.time.Duration.Companion.milliseconds
 import kotlinx.coroutines.delay
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.callbackFlow
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.flow
+import kotlinx.coroutines.isActive
 import kotlinx.coroutines.yield
 
 /**
@@ -35,20 +37,18 @@ internal val AudioRecord.minBufferSize: Int
  *
  * Will yield when this instance is not recording.
  */
-internal fun AudioRecord.readAsFlow() = flow {
+internal fun AudioRecord.readAsFlow() = callbackFlow {
   val buffer = ByteArray(minBufferSize)
 
-  while (true) {
+  while (isActive) {
     if (recordingState != AudioRecord.RECORDSTATE_RECORDING) {
-      // TODO(vguthal): Investigate if both yield and delay are required.
-      delay(10.milliseconds)
-      yield()
+      delay(0)
       continue
     }
     val bytesRead = read(buffer, 0, buffer.size)
     if (bytesRead > 0) {
-      emit(buffer.copyOf(bytesRead))
+      send(buffer.copyOf(bytesRead))
     }
-    yield()
+    delay(0)
   }
 }
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 f9507f5e8d3..a5b169d12aa 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
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import io.ktor.client.plugins.websocket.DefaultClientWebSocketSession
 import io.ktor.websocket.Frame
 import io.ktor.websocket.close
 import io.ktor.websocket.readBytes
+import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineName
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentLinkedQueue
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean
 import kotlin.coroutines.CoroutineContext
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope
 import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
 import kotlinx.coroutines.cancel
 import kotlinx.coroutines.channels.Channel.Factory.UNLIMITED
+import kotlinx.coroutines.delay
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.Flow
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.buffer
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.catch
@@ -49,7 +51,6 @@ import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.onCompletion
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.onEach
 import kotlinx.coroutines.isActive
 import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
-import kotlinx.coroutines.yield
 import kotlinx.serialization.ExperimentalSerializationApi
 import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable
 import kotlinx.serialization.encodeToString
@@ -120,7 +121,6 @@ internal constructor(
     functionCallHandler: ((FunctionCallPart) -> FunctionResponsePart)? = null,
     enableInterruptions: Boolean = false,
   ) {
-
     val context = firebaseApp.applicationContext
     if (
       ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(context, RECORD_AUDIO) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED
@@ -137,8 +137,8 @@ internal constructor(
         )
         return@catchAsync
       }
-
-      scope = CoroutineScope(blockingDispatcher + childJob())
+      // TODO: maybe it should be THREAD_PRIORITY_AUDIO anyways for playback and recording (not network though)
+      scope = CoroutineScope(blockingDispatcher + childJob() + CoroutineName("LiveSession Scope"))
       audioHelper = AudioHelper.build()
 
       recordUserAudio()
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ internal constructor(
                 )
               }
               ?.let { emit(it.toPublic()) }
-            yield()
+            delay(0)
           }
         }
         .onCompletion { stopAudioConversation() }
@@ -326,7 +326,10 @@ internal constructor(
       ?.listenToRecording()
       ?.buffer(UNLIMITED)
       ?.accumulateUntil(MIN_BUFFER_SIZE)
-      ?.onEach { sendMediaStream(listOf(MediaData(it, "audio/pcm"))) }
+      ?.onEach {
+        sendMediaStream(listOf(MediaData(it, "audio/pcm")))
+        delay(0)
+      }
       ?.catch { throw FirebaseAIException.from(it) }
       ?.launchIn(scope)
   }
@@ -374,7 +377,7 @@ internal constructor(
             if (it.interrupted) {
               playBackQueue.clear()
             } else {
-              println("Sending audio parts")
+              println("Queuing audio parts from model")
               val audioParts = it.content?.parts?.filterIsInstance<InlineDataPart>().orEmpty()
               for (part in audioParts) {
                 playBackQueue.add(part.inlineData)
@@ -390,7 +393,7 @@ internal constructor(
           }
         }
       }
-      .launchIn(CoroutineScope(Dispatchers.IO))
+      .launchIn(scope)
   }
 
   /**
@@ -401,7 +404,7 @@ internal constructor(
    * Launched asynchronously on [scope].
    */
   private fun listenForModelPlayback(enableInterruptions: Boolean = false) {
-    CoroutineScope(Dispatchers.IO).launch {
+    scope.launch {
       while (isActive) {
         val playbackData = playBackQueue.poll()
         if (playbackData == null) {
@@ -410,8 +413,9 @@ internal constructor(
           if (!enableInterruptions) {
             audioHelper?.resumeRecording()
           }
-          yield()
+          delay(0)
         } else {
+          println("Playing audio data")
           /**
            * We pause the recording while the model is speaking to avoid interrupting it because of
            * no echo cancellation
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 74be10aa2ad..9f760b20104 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ benchmarkMacro = "1.3.4"
 browser = "1.3.0"
 cardview = "1.0.0"
 constraintlayout = "2.1.4"
-coroutines = "1.9.0"
+coroutines = "1.10.2"
 dagger = "2.51"                 # Don't bump above 2.51 as it causes a bug in AppDistro FeedbackSender JPEG code
 datastore = "1.1.7"
 dexmaker = "2.28.1"