diff --git a/src/app/core/services/audio-playing.service.ts b/src/app/core/services/audio-playing.service.ts
index 90148d81..cd7c5c2a 100644
--- a/src/app/core/services/audio-playing.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/services/audio-playing.service.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import {AudioPlayingService as AudioPlayingServiceInterface} from './interfaces/
   providedIn: 'root',
 })
 export class AudioPlayingService implements AudioPlayingServiceInterface {
-  private audioContext = new AudioContext({sampleRate: 22000});
+  private audioContext = new AudioContext({sampleRate: 24000});
   private lastAudioTime = 0;
   private scheduledAudioSources = new Set<AudioBufferSourceNode>();
 
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ export class AudioPlayingService implements AudioPlayingServiceInterface {
     const buffer = this.audioContext.createBuffer(
         1,
         float32Array.length,
-        22000,
+        24000,
     );
     buffer.copyToChannel(float32Array, 0);
 
diff --git a/src/app/core/services/audio-recording.service.ts b/src/app/core/services/audio-recording.service.ts
index e02ef0e3..4beaf5c7 100644
--- a/src/app/core/services/audio-recording.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/services/audio-recording.service.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ export class AudioRecordingService implements AudioRecordingServiceInterface {
     try {
       this.stream = await navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia({audio: true});
 
-      this.audioContext = new AudioContext();
+      // Hint capture rate; worklet still resamples to 16 kHz if ignored
+      this.audioContext = new AudioContext({sampleRate: 16000});
       await this.audioContext.audioWorklet.addModule(
           this.audioWorkletModulePath);
 
diff --git a/src/app/core/services/stream-chat.service.ts b/src/app/core/services/stream-chat.service.ts
index a80babd4..676f0abb 100644
--- a/src/app/core/services/stream-chat.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/services/stream-chat.service.ts
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ export class StreamChatService implements StreamChatServiceInterface {
 
     const request: LiveRequest = {
       blob: {
-        mime_type: 'audio/pcm',
+        mime_type: 'audio/pcm;rate=16000',
         data: combinedBuffer,
       },
     };
diff --git a/src/app/core/services/video.service.ts b/src/app/core/services/video.service.ts
index 76f5c511..7354d45b 100644
--- a/src/app/core/services/video.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/services/video.service.ts
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ export class VideoService implements VideoServiceInterface {
             resolve(blob);
           else
             reject(new Error('Failed to create image blob'));
-        }, 'image/png');
+        }, 'image/jpeg', 0.8);
       } catch (error) {
         reject(error);
       }
diff --git a/src/app/core/services/websocket.service.ts b/src/app/core/services/websocket.service.ts
index 4aa984e3..d31aaa14 100644
--- a/src/app/core/services/websocket.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/services/websocket.service.ts
@@ -98,16 +98,26 @@ export class WebSocketService implements WebSocketServiceInterface {
 
   private handleIncomingEvent(message: any) {
     const msg = JSON.parse(message) as Event;
-    if (
-      msg['content'] &&
-      msg['content']['parts'] &&
-      msg['content']['parts'][0]['inlineData']
-    ) {
-      const pcmBytes = this.base64ToUint8Array(
-          msg['content']['parts'][0]['inlineData']['data'],
-      );
-      this.audioBuffer.push(pcmBytes);
-    } else {
+    const parts = msg?.['content']?.['parts'];
+
+    if (!Array.isArray(parts)) {
+      this.messages$.next(message);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Extract audio from any part; forward the event if it has other content
+    let hasNonAudioContent = false;
+    for (const part of parts) {
+      const inlineData = part?.['inlineData'];
+      const mimeType: string|undefined = inlineData?.['mimeType'];
+      if (inlineData?.['data'] && mimeType?.startsWith('audio/')) {
+        this.audioBuffer.push(this.base64ToUint8Array(inlineData['data']));
+      } else {
+        hasNonAudioContent = true;
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (hasNonAudioContent) {
       this.messages$.next(message);
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/assets/audio-processor.js b/src/assets/audio-processor.js
index cec74f83..d815aab1 100644
--- a/src/assets/audio-processor.js
+++ b/src/assets/audio-processor.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 class AudioProcessor extends AudioWorkletProcessor {
     constructor() {
         super();
-        this.targetSampleRate = 22000;  // Change to your desired rate
+        this.targetSampleRate = 16000;  // Live API expects 16 kHz PCM input
         this.originalSampleRate = sampleRate; // Browser's sample rate
         this.resampleRatio = this.originalSampleRate / this.targetSampleRate;
     }
@@ -40,9 +40,15 @@ class AudioProcessor extends AudioWorkletProcessor {
         const newLength = Math.round(audioData.length / this.resampleRatio);
         const resampled = new Float32Array(newLength);
 
+        // Linear interpolation resampling (higher quality than nearest neighbor)
+        const lastIndex = audioData.length - 1;
         for (let i = 0; i < newLength; i++) {
-            const srcIndex = Math.floor(i * this.resampleRatio);
-            resampled[i] = audioData[srcIndex]; // Nearest neighbor resampling
+            const srcPos = i * this.resampleRatio;
+            const srcIndex = Math.floor(srcPos);
+            const nextIndex = Math.min(srcIndex + 1, lastIndex);
+            const frac = srcPos - srcIndex;
+            resampled[i] =
+                audioData[srcIndex] * (1 - frac) + audioData[nextIndex] * frac;
         }
         return resampled;
     }