diff --git a/ai-logic/firebase-ai/CHANGELOG.md b/ai-logic/firebase-ai/CHANGELOG.md
index 45dd2d53c1a..54f72b37109 100644
--- a/ai-logic/firebase-ai/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/ai-logic/firebase-ai/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 - [feature] Added support for [Maps Grounding](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/maps-grounding) (#7950)
 - [fixed] Fixed an issue causing network timeouts to throw the incorrect exception type, instead of
   `RequestTimeoutException` (#7966)
+- [fixed] Fixed an issue causing the SDK to throw an exception if an unknown message was received
+  from the LiveAPI model, instead of ignoring it (#7975)
 
 # 17.10.1
 
diff --git a/ai-logic/firebase-ai/api.txt b/ai-logic/firebase-ai/api.txt
index 84b4d766ec5..861f8d97567 100644
--- a/ai-logic/firebase-ai/api.txt
+++ b/ai-logic/firebase-ai/api.txt
@@ -1301,6 +1301,9 @@ package com.google.firebase.ai.type {
     property public final java.util.List<java.lang.String> functionIds;
   }
 
+  @com.google.firebase.ai.type.PublicPreviewAPI public final class LiveServerUnknownMessage implements com.google.firebase.ai.type.LiveServerMessage {
+  }
+
   @com.google.firebase.ai.type.PublicPreviewAPI public final class LiveSession {
     method public suspend Object? close(kotlin.coroutines.Continuation<? super kotlin.Unit>);
     method public boolean isAudioConversationActive();
diff --git a/ai-logic/firebase-ai/src/main/kotlin/com/google/firebase/ai/type/LiveServerMessage.kt b/ai-logic/firebase-ai/src/main/kotlin/com/google/firebase/ai/type/LiveServerMessage.kt
index 1efc06f9a52..2a97bac05c1 100644
--- a/ai-logic/firebase-ai/src/main/kotlin/com/google/firebase/ai/type/LiveServerMessage.kt
+++ b/ai-logic/firebase-ai/src/main/kotlin/com/google/firebase/ai/type/LiveServerMessage.kt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package com.google.firebase.ai.type
 
+import android.util.Log
 import kotlin.time.Duration
 import kotlin.time.Duration.Companion.seconds
 import kotlinx.serialization.DeserializationStrategy
@@ -136,6 +137,15 @@ public class LiveServerSetupComplete : LiveServerMessage {
   }
 }
 
+@PublicPreviewAPI
+public class LiveServerUnknownMessage private constructor() : LiveServerMessage {
+  @Serializable
+  internal data class InternalWrapper(@Transient val unused: Unit? = null) :
+    InternalLiveServerMessage {
+    override fun toPublic() = LiveServerUnknownMessage()
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * Request for the client to execute the provided [functionCalls].
  *
@@ -233,10 +243,13 @@ internal object LiveServerMessageSerializer :
       "toolCallCancellation" in jsonObject ->
         LiveServerToolCallCancellation.InternalWrapper.serializer()
       "goAway" in jsonObject -> LiveServerGoAway.InternalWrapper.serializer()
-      else ->
-        throw SerializationException(
-          "Unknown LiveServerMessage response type. Keys found: ${jsonObject.keys}"
+      else -> {
+        Log.w(
+          "LiveServerMsgSerializer",
+          "Ignoring unknown LiveServerMessage response type. Keys found: ${jsonObject.keys}"
         )
+        LiveServerUnknownMessage.InternalWrapper.serializer()
+      }
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/ai-logic/firebase-ai/src/main/kotlin/com/google/firebase/ai/type/LiveSession.kt b/ai-logic/firebase-ai/src/main/kotlin/com/google/firebase/ai/type/LiveSession.kt
index 579f046d42d..1c106aa8028 100644
--- a/ai-logic/firebase-ai/src/main/kotlin/com/google/firebase/ai/type/LiveSession.kt
+++ b/ai-logic/firebase-ai/src/main/kotlin/com/google/firebase/ai/type/LiveSession.kt
@@ -578,6 +578,7 @@ internal constructor(
             // Notify the application
             goAwayHandler?.invoke(it)
           }
+          is LiveServerUnknownMessage -> {} // Ignore. Logging happens at de-serialization time
         }
       }
       .launchIn(networkScope)
diff --git a/ai-logic/firebase-ai/src/test/java/com/google/firebase/ai/type/LiveServerMessageTests.kt b/ai-logic/firebase-ai/src/test/java/com/google/firebase/ai/type/LiveServerMessageTests.kt
index f6921046f94..c6ca0b6f813 100644
--- a/ai-logic/firebase-ai/src/test/java/com/google/firebase/ai/type/LiveServerMessageTests.kt
+++ b/ai-logic/firebase-ai/src/test/java/com/google/firebase/ai/type/LiveServerMessageTests.kt
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 package com.google.firebase.ai.type
 
 import com.google.firebase.ai.common.JSON
-import io.kotest.assertions.throwables.shouldThrow
 import io.kotest.matchers.nulls.shouldBeNull
 import io.kotest.matchers.nulls.shouldNotBeNull
 import io.kotest.matchers.shouldBe
@@ -109,10 +108,11 @@ internal class LiveServerMessageTests {
   }
 
   @Test
-  fun `LiveServerMessageSerializer throws on unknown message type`() {
+  fun `LiveServerMessageSerializer returns LiveServerUnknownMessage for unrecognized message`() {
     val json = """{"unknownType": {"data": "value"}}"""
 
-    shouldThrow<SerializationException> { JSON.decodeFromString<InternalLiveServerMessage>(json) }
+    val message = JSON.decodeFromString<InternalLiveServerMessage>(json)
+    message.toPublic().shouldBeInstanceOf<LiveServerUnknownMessage>()
   }
 
   @Test