diff --git a/packages/firebase_vertexai/firebase_vertexai/lib/src/vertex_api.dart b/packages/firebase_vertexai/firebase_vertexai/lib/src/vertex_api.dart
index 3661acb3a49b..aca7b6583e96 100644
--- a/packages/firebase_vertexai/firebase_vertexai/lib/src/vertex_api.dart
+++ b/packages/firebase_vertexai/firebase_vertexai/lib/src/vertex_api.dart
@@ -226,6 +226,36 @@ final class Candidate {
 
   /// Message for finish reason.
   final String? finishMessage;
+
+  /// The concatenation of the text parts of [content], if any.
+  ///
+  /// If this candidate was finished for a reason of [FinishReason.recitation]
+  /// or [FinishReason.safety], accessing this text will throw a
+  /// [GenerativeAIException].
+  ///
+  /// If [content] contains any text parts, this value is the concatenation of
+  /// the text.
+  ///
+  /// If [content] does not contain any text parts, this value is `null`.
+  String? get text {
+    if (finishReason case FinishReason.recitation || FinishReason.safety) {
+      final String suffix;
+      if (finishMessage case final message? when message.isNotEmpty) {
+        suffix = ': $message';
+      } else {
+        suffix = '';
+      }
+      throw VertexAIException(
+          'Candidate was blocked due to $finishReason$suffix');
+    }
+    return switch (content.parts) {
+      // Special case for a single TextPart to avoid iterable chain.
+      [TextPart(:final text)] => text,
+      final parts when parts.any((p) => p is TextPart) =>
+        parts.whereType<TextPart>().map((p) => p.text).join(),
+      _ => null,
+    };
+  }
 }
 
 /// Safety rating for a piece of content.
diff --git a/packages/firebase_vertexai/firebase_vertexai/pubspec.yaml b/packages/firebase_vertexai/firebase_vertexai/pubspec.yaml
index 26e31dbecaff..64ebab3ad882 100644
--- a/packages/firebase_vertexai/firebase_vertexai/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/packages/firebase_vertexai/firebase_vertexai/pubspec.yaml
@@ -32,6 +32,6 @@ dev_dependencies:
   flutter_lints: ^4.0.0
   flutter_test:
     sdk: flutter
+  matcher: ^0.12.16
   mockito: ^5.0.0
   plugin_platform_interface: ^2.1.3
-  matcher: ^0.12.16
diff --git a/packages/firebase_vertexai/firebase_vertexai/test/utils/matchers.dart b/packages/firebase_vertexai/firebase_vertexai/test/utils/matchers.dart
index 1f2d07367fea..7e9256aa6d03 100644
--- a/packages/firebase_vertexai/firebase_vertexai/test/utils/matchers.dart
+++ b/packages/firebase_vertexai/firebase_vertexai/test/utils/matchers.dart
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ Matcher matchesPart(Part part) => switch (part) {
         isA<FunctionResponse>()
             .having((p) => p.name, 'name', name)
             .having((p) => p.response, 'args', response),
-      _ => throw StateError('Unhandled Part type.'),
     };
 
 Matcher matchesContent(Content content) => isA<Content>()
diff --git a/packages/firebase_vertexai/firebase_vertexai/test/vertex_response_parsing_test.dart b/packages/firebase_vertexai/firebase_vertexai/test/vertex_response_parsing_test.dart
index f39aba85fc4f..86ddad8f38e8 100644
--- a/packages/firebase_vertexai/firebase_vertexai/test/vertex_response_parsing_test.dart
+++ b/packages/firebase_vertexai/firebase_vertexai/test/vertex_response_parsing_test.dart
@@ -346,8 +346,8 @@ void main() {
                   ),
                 ],
                 CitationMetadata([
-                  CitationSource(574, 705, Uri.https('example.com', ''), ''),
-                  CitationSource(899, 1026, Uri.https('example.com', ''), ''),
+                  CitationSource(574, 705, Uri.https('example.com'), ''),
+                  CitationSource(899, 1026, Uri.https('example.com'), ''),
                 ]),
                 FinishReason.stop,
                 null,
@@ -480,8 +480,8 @@ void main() {
                   ),
                 ],
                 CitationMetadata([
-                  CitationSource(574, 705, Uri.https('example.com', ''), ''),
-                  CitationSource(899, 1026, Uri.https('example.com', ''), ''),
+                  CitationSource(574, 705, Uri.https('example.com'), ''),
+                  CitationSource(899, 1026, Uri.https('example.com'), ''),
                 ]),
                 FinishReason.stop,
                 null,
@@ -563,37 +563,37 @@ void main() {
       );
     });
 
-//     test('text getter joins content', () async {
-//       const response = '''
-// {
-//   "candidates": [
-//     {
-//       "content": {
-//         "parts": [
-//           {
-//             "text": "Initial text"
-//           },
-//           {
-//             "functionCall": {"name": "someFunction", "args": {}}
-//           },
-//           {
-//             "text": " And more text"
-//           }
-//         ],
-//         "role": "model"
-//       },
-//       "finishReason": "STOP",
-//       "index": 0
-//     }
-//   ]
-// }
-// ''';
-//       final decoded = jsonDecode(response) as Object;
-//       final generateContentResponse = parseGenerateContentResponse(decoded);
-//       expect(generateContentResponse.text, 'Initial text And more text');
-//       expect(generateContentResponse.candidates.single.text,
-//           'Initial text And more text');
-//     });
+    test('text getter joins content', () async {
+      const response = '''
+{
+  "candidates": [
+    {
+      "content": {
+        "parts": [
+          {
+            "text": "Initial text"
+          },
+          {
+            "functionCall": {"name": "someFunction", "args": {}}
+          },
+          {
+            "text": " And more text"
+          }
+        ],
+        "role": "model"
+      },
+      "finishReason": "STOP",
+      "index": 0
+    }
+  ]
+}
+''';
+      final decoded = jsonDecode(response) as Object;
+      final generateContentResponse = parseGenerateContentResponse(decoded);
+      expect(generateContentResponse.text, 'Initial text And more text');
+      expect(generateContentResponse.candidates.single.text,
+          'Initial text And more text');
+    });
   });
 
   group('parses and throws error responses', () {