# LFM3 Omni 2B
URL: https://interfaze.ai/models/liquidailfm3-omni-2b
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LFM3 Omni 2B by LiquidAI, a any-to-any model with multimodal capabilities. Understand and compare multimodal features, benchmarks, and capabilities.
## Comparison
| Feature | LFM3 Omni 2B | Interfaze |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Input Modalities | text, image, video, audio | image, text, audio, video, document |
| Native OCR | No | Yes |
| Long Document Processing | No | Yes |
| Language Support | 19 partial | 162+ |
| Native Speech-to-Text | No | Yes |
| Native Object Detection | No | Yes |
| Guardrail Controls | No | Yes |
| Context Input Size | 32K | 1M |
| Tool Calling | Yes | Tool calling supported + built in browser, code execution and web search |
### Scaling
| Feature | LFM3 Omni 2B | Interfaze |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Scaling | Self-hosted/Provider-hosted with quantization | Unlimited |
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LFM3-Omni-2B is [Liquid AI](https://www.liquid.ai/)'s first **omni-modal** model in the LFM3 family: a single end-to-end model that **understands text, images, video and audio**, and **answers in text and speech**. It is built for **on-device** use: one model replaces a separate ASR model, vision-language model, LLM and TTS model.
- **Any input, text or speech output:** ask about a photo by voice, transcribe or translate speech, chat out loud, or ask questions about a video and its soundtrack together.
- **Watches and listens together:** for videos with sound, the model sees and hears them at the same time, so it can answer questions that need both.
- **Small enough for devices:** at 2.2B parameters, it is designed to run efficiently on phones, laptops and other edge hardware.
Find more information about the LFM3 family in [our release blog post](https://www.liquid.ai/blog/lfm3).
## Model details
The [LFM3 family](https://huggingface.co/collections/LiquidAI/lfm3) includes base, text, vision, audio, omni, and decision models.
This is a **non-reasoning** model. `enable_thinking=True` is not supported.
## Inference
Choose a checkpoint variant for your inference framework and hardware.
### Sampling parameters
- **Text output:** greedy decoding works well.
- **Speech or interleaved output:** use `audio_temperature=0.4`, `audio_repetition_penalty=1.2`
### Generation modes (optional)
To force a generation mode, pass the optional `generation_mode` argument to `model.generate`.
By default, the model selects the output modality based on the system prompt and input modality, typically matching the input modality. To encourage a specific output modality, append the corresponding instructions to the end of your system prompt.
### Transformers quick start
Install the dependencies, then load the model and processor with the checkpoint's custom code. The codec implementation is included in this repository, and the processor loads its weights from `audio_tokenizer/`.
```
pip install "transformers>=5.20.2" torch torchvision torchcodec accelerate pillow librosa soundfile
```
```
import torch
import soundfile as sf
from transformers import AutoModelForMultimodalLM, AutoProcessor
model_id = "LiquidAI/LFM3-Omni-2B"
device = "cuda" if torch.cuda.is_available() else "cpu"
dtype = torch.bfloat16 if device == "cuda" else torch.float32
model = AutoModelForMultimodalLM.from_pretrained(
model_id, dtype=dtype, device_map=device, trust_remote_code=True
).eval()
processor = AutoProcessor.from_pretrained(model_id, trust_remote_code=True)
codec = processor.audio_tokenizer.to(device=device).eval()
```
LFM3-Omni uses a ChatML-like format, which `processor.apply_chat_template()` renders for you, generated from the checkpoint's [chat template](https://huggingface.co/LiquidAI/LFM3-Omni-2B/blob/main/chat_template.jinja):
```
<|startoftext|><|im_start|>system
Respond with text.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user
Name a famous bridge in San Francisco.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
The Golden Gate Bridge.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user
When did it open?<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
```
The system turn is optional, and every assistant turn opens with an empty ``. Each image, video or audio clip is wrapped in `<|vision_start|>` / `<|vision_end|>`, which the template adds. Here is an image and a spoken question:
```
<|startoftext|><|im_start|>user
<|vision_start|><|image|><|vision_end|><|vision_start|><|audio|><|vision_end|>Answer in one sentence.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
```
### Usage examples
The examples below reuse the model, codec, and processor loaded above. Replace `audio.wav`, `question.wav`, `recording.wav`, `photo.jpg`, or `clip.mp4` with your own files. Audio files are resampled to 16 kHz mono on load.
To use the model for transcription, use the system prompt `Perform ASR in .`, where `` is the English name of the language.
Below, we transcribe a `.wav` file containing English speech.
```
conversation = [
{"role": "system", "content": "Perform ASR in English."},
{"role": "user", "content": [{"type": "audio", "audio": "audio.wav"}]},
]
inputs = processor.apply_chat_template(
conversation,
add_generation_prompt=True,
tokenize=True,
return_dict=True,
return_tensors="pt",
).to(device)
with torch.no_grad():
outputs = model.generate(**inputs, max_new_tokens=1024, generation_mode="text")
text = processor.decode(
outputs.sequences[0, inputs["input_ids"].shape[1]:outputs.sequence_lengths[0]],
skip_special_tokens=True,
)
print(text)
```
For speech synthesis, use the system prompt `Perform TTS in using a voice.`. Use one of the speech languages listed in [Model details](https://interfaze.ai/models/liquidailfm3-omni-2b#model-details) and a `female` or `male` voice. For English, say `American English` or `British English`. Pass `generation_mode="audio"` so the answer opens with `<|audio_start|>`.
```
conversation = [
{"role": "system", "content": "Perform TTS in American English using a female voice."},
{"role": "user", "content": "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"},
]
inputs = processor.apply_chat_template(
conversation,
add_generation_prompt=True,
tokenize=True,
return_dict=True,
return_tensors="pt",
).to(device)
with torch.no_grad():
outputs = model.generate(
**inputs,
max_new_tokens=256,
generation_mode="audio",
audio_temperature=0.4,
audio_repetition_penalty=1.2,
)
waveform = codec.decode(
outputs.audio_codes[:1, :, :outputs.audio_lengths[0]]
).audio_values[0] # 24 kHz
sf.write("tts.wav", waveform.squeeze(0).float().cpu().numpy(), 24_000)
```
In this mode, the model will respond to the user in both speech and text. The recommended system prompt is `Respond with interleaved text and audio.`. User input can be either text or audio, and we pass `generation_mode="interleaved"` so the answer opens with `<|mixed_start|>`.
The assistant responds in a conversational style with interleaved text and speech. This example saves the complete response.
```
conversation = [
{"role": "system", "content": "Respond with interleaved text and audio."},
{"role": "user", "content": [{"type": "audio", "audio": "question.wav"}]},
]
inputs = processor.apply_chat_template(
conversation,
add_generation_prompt=True,
tokenize=True,
return_dict=True,
return_tensors="pt",
).to(device)
with torch.no_grad():
outputs = model.generate(
**inputs,
max_new_tokens=1024,
generation_mode="interleaved",
audio_temperature=0.4,
audio_repetition_penalty=1.2,
)
text = processor.decode(
outputs.sequences[0, inputs["input_ids"].shape[1]:outputs.sequence_lengths[0]],
skip_special_tokens=True,
)
waveform = codec.decode(
outputs.audio_codes[:1, :, :outputs.audio_lengths[0]]
).audio_values[0] # 24 kHz
print(text)
sf.write("reply.wav", waveform.squeeze(0).float().cpu().numpy(), 24_000)
```
For a text-only answer, no specific system prompt is needed. `Respond with text.` makes it explicit. Pass `generation_mode="text"`. LFM3-Omni-2B is a non-reasoning model: every answer opens with an empty ``.
```
conversation = [
{"role": "user", "content": [{"type": "audio", "audio": "question.wav"}]},
]
inputs = processor.apply_chat_template(
conversation,
add_generation_prompt=True,
tokenize=True,
return_dict=True,
return_tensors="pt",
).to(device)
with torch.no_grad():
outputs = model.generate(**inputs, max_new_tokens=1024, generation_mode="text")
text = processor.decode(
outputs.sequences[0, inputs["input_ids"].shape[1]:outputs.sequence_lengths[0]],
skip_special_tokens=True,
)
print(text)
```
Include the recording and a question in the user turn. Questions can address speech, music, background sounds, or events. No specific system prompt is required. To ground answers in the recording, use `Answer questions about the provided audio clip. Base every answer only on what can be heard.`.
```
conversation = [
{
"role": "system",
"content": "Answer questions about the provided audio clip. Base every answer only on what can be heard.",
},
{
"role": "user",
"content": [
{"type": "audio", "audio": "recording.wav"},
{"type": "text", "text": "What is happening in this recording?"},
],
},
]
inputs = processor.apply_chat_template(
conversation,
add_generation_prompt=True,
tokenize=True,
return_dict=True,
return_tensors="pt",
).to(device)
with torch.no_grad():
outputs = model.generate(**inputs, max_new_tokens=1024, generation_mode="text")
print(processor.decode(
outputs.sequences[0, inputs["input_ids"].shape[1]:outputs.sequence_lengths[0]],
skip_special_tokens=True,
))
```
For multiple-choice questions, include the choices in the text part and end it with `Please choose the answer from the options.`
Use a system prompt that specifies the source language, target language, and output format:
- **Speech to text:** `Please translate the following spoken {source} into {target} text.`
Replace `{source}` and `{target}` with the English names of the source and target languages. For text input, set the user message's `content` to the text to translate. Translation to or from English generally works best.
Include the image and a question in the user turn. To ground answers in the image, use the system prompt `Answer questions about the provided image. Base every answer only on what can be seen.`. For captions, use `Describe the provided image.`. Images are processed at their native resolution, up to 2,048 tokens per image.
```
conversation = [
{
"role": "system",
"content": "Answer questions about the provided image. Base every answer only on what can be seen.",
},
{
"role": "user",
"content": [
{"type": "image", "image": "photo.jpg"},
{"type": "text", "text": "What is written on the sign?"},
],
},
]
inputs = processor.apply_chat_template(
conversation,
add_generation_prompt=True,
tokenize=True,
return_dict=True,
return_tensors="pt",
).to(device)
with torch.no_grad():
outputs = model.generate(**inputs, max_new_tokens=1024, generation_mode="text")
print(processor.decode(
outputs.sequences[0, inputs["input_ids"].shape[1]:outputs.sequence_lengths[0]],
skip_special_tokens=True,
))
```
The question can be asked by voice, with the recording in place of the text. Add `Respond with text.` to the system prompt for a text answer, or follow the voice chat example with `Respond with interleaved text and audio.` for a spoken one.
```
conversation = [
{
"role": "system",
"content": "Answer questions about the provided image. Base every answer only on what can be seen. Respond with text.",
},
{
"role": "user",
"content": [
{"type": "image", "image": "photo.jpg"},
{"type": "audio", "audio": "question.wav"},
],
},
]
inputs = processor.apply_chat_template(
conversation,
add_generation_prompt=True,
tokenize=True,
return_dict=True,
return_tensors="pt",
).to(device)
with torch.no_grad():
outputs = model.generate(**inputs, max_new_tokens=1024, generation_mode="text")
print(processor.decode(
outputs.sequences[0, inputs["input_ids"].shape[1]:outputs.sequence_lengths[0]],
skip_special_tokens=True,
))
```
Include the video and a question in the user turn. No specific system prompt is required. Video is sampled at 2 frames per second (4 to 384 frames), and each pair of frames is prefixed with its timestamp.
```
conversation = [
{
"role": "user",
"content": [
{"type": "video", "video": "clip.mp4"},
{"type": "text", "text": "What happens in this video?"},
],
},
]
inputs = processor.apply_chat_template(
conversation,
add_generation_prompt=True,
tokenize=True,
return_dict=True,
return_tensors="pt",
).to(device)
with torch.no_grad():
outputs = model.generate(**inputs, max_new_tokens=1024, generation_mode="text")
print(processor.decode(
outputs.sequences[0, inputs["input_ids"].shape[1]:outputs.sequence_lengths[0]],
skip_special_tokens=True,
))
```
To let the model see and hear a video, use the system prompt `Answer questions about the video using what you see and hear.` and pass two flags:
- `load_audio_from_video=True` reads the audio track out of the video file.
- `use_audio_in_video=True` interleaves that audio with the frames, so each pair of frames is followed by the sound that goes with it.
Without them, the model gets the frames only.
```
conversation = [
{"role": "system", "content": "Answer questions about the video using what you see and hear."},
{
"role": "user",
"content": [
{"type": "video", "video": "clip.mp4"},
{"type": "text", "text": "What happens here, and what can you hear?"},
],
},
]
inputs = processor.apply_chat_template(
conversation,
add_generation_prompt=True,
tokenize=True,
return_dict=True,
return_tensors="pt",
load_audio_from_video=True,
processor_kwargs={"use_audio_in_video": True},
).to(device)
with torch.no_grad():
outputs = model.generate(**inputs, max_new_tokens=1024, generation_mode="text")
print(processor.decode(
outputs.sequences[0, inputs["input_ids"].shape[1]:outputs.sequence_lengths[0]],
skip_special_tokens=True,
))
```
By default, LFM3-Omni-2B samples video at 2 fps, with at least 4 and at most 384 frames per video. Each frame adds vision tokens, so for long videos a lower frame rate or frame limit uses less context and memory. These settings do not change the soundtrack: the model always hears all of it.
- **Transformers:** set the frame rate per call with `processor.apply_chat_template(..., processor_kwargs={"fps": 1})`. With the soundtrack, use `processor_kwargs={"use_audio_in_video": True, "fps": 1}`. Set the frame limit when you load the processor: `AutoProcessor.from_pretrained(model_id, trust_remote_code=True, max_frames=128)`.
- **SGLang:** change `fps`, `min_frames`, and `max_frames` under `video_processor` in `processor_config.json` in a local copy of the checkpoint.
- **llama.cpp:** always uses 2 fps and 4 to 384 frames for this model. `--video-fps` has no effect.
Pass function schemas through `tools=...` to `apply_chat_template()`. The chat template places them in the system prompt between `` and ``. Requests may be spoken or written. A tool call looks like this:
` 30 `
Values other than strings are written as JSON. Your application parses and runs the calls, then appends the assistant's `tool_calls` (with `arguments` as a dict) and a `tool` message with the results to the conversation. Generate again with the same `tools`: the model either makes more calls or answers.
```
import json
import re
tools = [{
"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "set_volume",
"description": "Set the device speaker volume.",
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"volume": {"type": "integer", "description": "Volume from 0 to 100."}
},
"required": ["volume"],
},
},
}]
functions = {"set_volume": lambda volume: {"volume": volume}} # your implementations
CALL_RE = re.compile(r"\s*\n]+)>(.*?)\s*", re.DOTALL)
PARAM_RE = re.compile(r"\n]+)>\n?(.*?)\n?", re.DOTALL)
def parse_tool_calls(text):
calls = []
for name, body in CALL_RE.findall(text):
arguments = {}
for key, value in PARAM_RE.findall(body):
try:
arguments[key] = json.loads(value)
except json.JSONDecodeError:
arguments[key] = value # plain string
calls.append({"type": "function", "function": {"name": name, "arguments": arguments}})
return calls
def respond(conversation):
inputs = processor.apply_chat_template(
conversation,
tools=tools,
add_generation_prompt=True,
tokenize=True,
return_dict=True,
return_tensors="pt",
).to(device)
with torch.no_grad():
outputs = model.generate(**inputs, max_new_tokens=1024, generation_mode="text")
return processor.decode(
outputs.sequences[0, inputs["input_ids"].shape[1]:outputs.sequence_lengths[0]],
skip_special_tokens=True,
)
conversation = [
{"role": "user", "content": [{"type": "audio", "audio": "question.wav"}]},
]
text = respond(conversation)
while calls := parse_tool_calls(text):
results = [functions[c["function"]["name"]](**c["function"]["arguments"]) for c in calls]
conversation += [
{"role": "assistant", "tool_calls": calls},
{"role": "tool", "content": json.dumps(results)},
]
text = respond(conversation)
print(text)
```
See the [Tool Use documentation](https://docs.liquid.ai/lfm/key-concepts/tool-use) for details.
## Fine-tuning
LFM3-Omni-2B is designed for **easy customization** for a given domain, task, or application with Hugging Face Transformers.
## Performance
### Omni
### Vision
### Audio
## Citation
```
@article{liquidAI2026LFM3,
author = {Liquid AI},
title = {Introducing LFM3: Every Modality for Specialized Intelligence},
journal = {Liquid AI Blog},
year = {2026},
note = {www.liquid.ai/blog/lfm3},
}
```
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