diff --git a/firebaseai/ChatExample/Screens/ConversationFromTemplateScreen.swift b/firebaseai/ChatExample/Screens/ConversationFromTemplateScreen.swift
index 4adb1523d..fbd49ff48 100644
--- a/firebaseai/ChatExample/Screens/ConversationFromTemplateScreen.swift
+++ b/firebaseai/ChatExample/Screens/ConversationFromTemplateScreen.swift
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ struct ConversationFromTemplateScreen: View {
   @State
   private var userPrompt = ""
 
+  @State
+  private var userName = ""
+
+  @State
+  private var preferredLanguage = ""
+
   init(firebaseService: FirebaseAI, title: String) {
     self.title = title
     self.firebaseService = firebaseService
@@ -44,6 +50,17 @@ struct ConversationFromTemplateScreen: View {
 
   var body: some View {
     VStack {
+      VStack {
+        HStack {
+          Text("Name:")
+          TextField("Your name", text: $userName)
+        }
+        HStack {
+          Text("Language:")
+          TextField("Your preferred response language", text: $preferredLanguage)
+        }
+      }.padding()
+
       ScrollViewReader { scrollViewProxy in
         List {
           ForEach(viewModel.messages) { message in
@@ -104,7 +121,7 @@ struct ConversationFromTemplateScreen: View {
     Task {
       let prompt = userPrompt
       userPrompt = ""
-      await viewModel.sendMessage(prompt)
+      await viewModel.sendMessage(prompt, name: userName, language: preferredLanguage)
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/firebaseai/ChatExample/ViewModels/ConversationFromTemplateViewModel.swift b/firebaseai/ChatExample/ViewModels/ConversationFromTemplateViewModel.swift
index 63d19d28f..7f060aa57 100644
--- a/firebaseai/ChatExample/ViewModels/ConversationFromTemplateViewModel.swift
+++ b/firebaseai/ChatExample/ViewModels/ConversationFromTemplateViewModel.swift
@@ -20,6 +20,28 @@
 import Foundation
 import UIKit
 
+// Template Details
+//
+//  Configuration
+//
+//    input:
+//      default:
+//        language: "English"
+//      schema:
+//        name?: string
+//        language?: string
+//        message: string
+//
+//  Prompt and system instructions
+//
+//      {{role "system"}}
+//      {{#if name}}The user's name is {{name}}.{{/if}}
+//      The user prefers to communicate in {{language}}.
+//      {{history}}
+//      {{role "user"}}
+//      {{message}}
+//
+
 @MainActor
 class ConversationFromTemplateViewModel: ObservableObject {
   /// This array holds both the user's and the system's chat messages
@@ -41,18 +63,20 @@ class ConversationFromTemplateViewModel: ObservableObject {
 
   init(firebaseService: FirebaseAI) {
     model = firebaseService.templateGenerativeModel()
-    chat = model.startChat(templateID: "chat-history")
+    chat = model.startChat(templateID: "apple-qs-chat")
   }
 
-  func sendMessage(_ text: String) async {
+  func sendMessage(_ text: String, name: String, language: String) async {
     error = nil
-    await internalSendMessage(text)
+    let name = name.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines).isEmpty ? nil : name
+    let language = language.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines).isEmpty ? nil : language
+    await internalSendMessage(text, name: name, language: language)
   }
 
   func startNewChat() {
     stop()
     error = nil
-    chat = model.startChat(templateID: "chat-history")
+    chat = model.startChat(templateID: "apple-qs-chat")
     messages.removeAll()
   }
 
@@ -61,7 +85,7 @@ class ConversationFromTemplateViewModel: ObservableObject {
     error = nil
   }
 
-  private func internalSendMessage(_ text: String) async {
+  private func internalSendMessage(_ text: String, name: String?, language: String?) async {
     chatTask?.cancel()
 
     chatTask = Task {
@@ -79,7 +103,14 @@ class ConversationFromTemplateViewModel: ObservableObject {
       messages.append(systemMessage)
 
       do {
-        let response = try await chat.sendMessage(text, inputs: ["message": text])
+        var inputs = ["message": text]
+        if let name {
+          inputs["name"] = name
+        }
+        if let language {
+          inputs["language"] = language
+        }
+        let response = try await chat.sendMessage(text, inputs: inputs)
 
         if let responseText = response.text {
           // replace pending message with backend response