diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/google/adk/models/Gemini.java b/core/src/main/java/com/google/adk/models/Gemini.java
index 74cf78b9..7aaaa27d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/google/adk/models/Gemini.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/google/adk/models/Gemini.java
@@ -17,9 +17,12 @@
 package com.google.adk.models;
 
 import static com.google.common.base.StandardSystemProperty.JAVA_VERSION;
+import static net.javacrumbs.futureconverter.java8guava.FutureConverter.toListenableFuture;
 
 import com.google.adk.Version;
+import com.google.async.rxjava3.Singles;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
+import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
 import com.google.errorprone.annotations.CanIgnoreReturnValue;
 import com.google.genai.Client;
 import com.google.genai.ResponseStream;
@@ -32,11 +35,11 @@
 import com.google.genai.types.LiveConnectConfig;
 import com.google.genai.types.Part;
 import io.reactivex.rxjava3.core.Flowable;
+import io.reactivex.rxjava3.schedulers.Schedulers;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Optional;
-import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -218,14 +221,17 @@ public Flowable<LlmResponse> generateContent(LlmRequest llmRequest, boolean stre
 
     if (stream) {
       logger.debug("Sending streaming generateContent request to model {}", effectiveModelName);
-      CompletableFuture<ResponseStream<GenerateContentResponse>> streamFuture =
-          apiClient.async.models.generateContentStream(
-              effectiveModelName, llmRequest.contents(), config);
+      ListenableFuture<ResponseStream<GenerateContentResponse>> streamFuture =
+          toListenableFuture(
+              apiClient.async.models.generateContentStream(
+                  effectiveModelName, llmRequest.contents(), config));
 
       return Flowable.defer(
               () ->
                   processRawResponses(
-                      Flowable.fromFuture(streamFuture).flatMapIterable(iterable -> iterable)))
+                      Singles.toSingle(() -> streamFuture, Schedulers.io())
+                          .toFlowable()
+                          .flatMapIterable(iterable -> iterable)))
           .filter(
               llmResponse ->
                   llmResponse
@@ -243,12 +249,17 @@ public Flowable<LlmResponse> generateContent(LlmRequest llmRequest, boolean stre
                       .orElse(false));
     } else {
       logger.debug("Sending generateContent request to model {}", effectiveModelName);
-      return Flowable.fromFuture(
-          apiClient
-              .async
-              .models
-              .generateContent(effectiveModelName, llmRequest.contents(), config)
-              .thenApplyAsync(LlmResponse::create));
+      final LlmRequest finalLlmRequest = llmRequest;
+      return Singles.toSingle(
+              () ->
+                  toListenableFuture(
+                      apiClient
+                          .async
+                          .models
+                          .generateContent(effectiveModelName, finalLlmRequest.contents(), config)
+                          .thenApplyAsync(LlmResponse::create)),
+              Schedulers.io())
+          .toFlowable();
     }
   }