diff --git a/sdk/core/System.ClientModel/api/System.ClientModel.net8.0.cs b/sdk/core/System.ClientModel/api/System.ClientModel.net8.0.cs
index bf925ab040f7..c153389d749c 100644
--- a/sdk/core/System.ClientModel/api/System.ClientModel.net8.0.cs
+++ b/sdk/core/System.ClientModel/api/System.ClientModel.net8.0.cs
@@ -22,8 +22,13 @@ protected AuthenticationTokenProvider() { }
     public abstract partial class BinaryContent : System.IDisposable
     {
         protected BinaryContent() { }
+        public string? MediaType { get { throw null; } protected set { } }
         public static System.ClientModel.BinaryContent Create(System.BinaryData value) { throw null; }
         public static System.ClientModel.BinaryContent Create(System.IO.Stream stream) { throw null; }
+        public static System.ClientModel.BinaryContent CreateJson(string jsonString, bool validate = false) { throw null; }
+        [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.RequiresDynamicCodeAttribute("JSON serialization and deserialization might require types that cannot be statically analyzed and might need runtime code generation.")]
+        public static System.ClientModel.BinaryContent CreateJson<T>(T jsonSerializable, System.Text.Json.JsonSerializerOptions? options = null) { throw null; }
+        public static System.ClientModel.BinaryContent CreateJson<T>(T jsonSerializable, System.Text.Json.Serialization.Metadata.JsonTypeInfo<T> jsonTypeInfo) { throw null; }
         public static System.ClientModel.BinaryContent Create<T>(T model, System.ClientModel.Primitives.ModelReaderWriterOptions? options = null) where T : System.ClientModel.Primitives.IPersistableModel<T> { throw null; }
         public abstract void Dispose();
         public abstract bool TryComputeLength(out long length);
diff --git a/sdk/core/System.ClientModel/api/System.ClientModel.netstandard2.0.cs b/sdk/core/System.ClientModel/api/System.ClientModel.netstandard2.0.cs
index 5d5574de8d9f..9261ec03741f 100644
--- a/sdk/core/System.ClientModel/api/System.ClientModel.netstandard2.0.cs
+++ b/sdk/core/System.ClientModel/api/System.ClientModel.netstandard2.0.cs
@@ -22,8 +22,12 @@ protected AuthenticationTokenProvider() { }
     public abstract partial class BinaryContent : System.IDisposable
     {
         protected BinaryContent() { }
+        public string? MediaType { get { throw null; } protected set { } }
         public static System.ClientModel.BinaryContent Create(System.BinaryData value) { throw null; }
         public static System.ClientModel.BinaryContent Create(System.IO.Stream stream) { throw null; }
+        public static System.ClientModel.BinaryContent CreateJson(string jsonString, bool validate = false) { throw null; }
+        public static System.ClientModel.BinaryContent CreateJson<T>(T jsonSerializable, System.Text.Json.JsonSerializerOptions? options = null) { throw null; }
+        public static System.ClientModel.BinaryContent CreateJson<T>(T jsonSerializable, System.Text.Json.Serialization.Metadata.JsonTypeInfo<T> jsonTypeInfo) { throw null; }
         public static System.ClientModel.BinaryContent Create<T>(T model, System.ClientModel.Primitives.ModelReaderWriterOptions? options = null) where T : System.ClientModel.Primitives.IPersistableModel<T> { throw null; }
         public abstract void Dispose();
         public abstract bool TryComputeLength(out long length);
diff --git a/sdk/core/System.ClientModel/src/Message/BinaryContent.cs b/sdk/core/System.ClientModel/src/Message/BinaryContent.cs
index c67f6fd4fccd..f69594e6bfb0 100644
--- a/sdk/core/System.ClientModel/src/Message/BinaryContent.cs
+++ b/sdk/core/System.ClientModel/src/Message/BinaryContent.cs
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@
 using System.Buffers;
 using System.ClientModel.Internal;
 using System.ClientModel.Primitives;
+using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
 using System.IO;
+using System.Text.Json;
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization.Metadata;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
@@ -17,6 +20,13 @@ namespace System.ClientModel;
 public abstract class BinaryContent : IDisposable
 {
     private static readonly ModelReaderWriterOptions ModelWriteWireOptions = new ModelReaderWriterOptions("W");
+    private const string JsonSerializerRequiresDynamicCode = "JSON serialization and deserialization might require types that cannot be statically analyzed and might need runtime code generation.";
+    private const string JsonSerializerRequiresUnreferencedCode = "JSON serialization and deserialization might require types that cannot be statically analyzed.";
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the media type of the content.
+    /// </summary>
+    public string? MediaType { get; protected set; }
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Creates an instance of <see cref="BinaryContent"/> that contains the
@@ -65,6 +75,91 @@ public static BinaryContent Create(Stream stream)
         return new StreamBinaryContent(stream);
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Creates an instance of <see cref="BinaryContent"/> that contains the
+    /// JSON representation of the provided object.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <typeparam name="T">The type of the object to serialize.</typeparam>
+    /// <param name="jsonSerializable">The object to serialize to JSON.</param>
+    /// <param name="options">The <see cref="JsonSerializerOptions"/> to use for serialization.
+    /// If not provided, the default options will be used.</param>
+    /// <returns>An instance of <see cref="BinaryContent"/> that contains the
+    /// JSON representation of the provided object.</returns>
+#pragma warning disable AZC0014 // Avoid using banned types in public API
+    [RequiresDynamicCode(JsonSerializerRequiresDynamicCode)]
+    [RequiresUnreferencedCode(JsonSerializerRequiresUnreferencedCode)]
+    public static BinaryContent CreateJson<T>(T jsonSerializable, JsonSerializerOptions? options = default)
+#pragma warning restore AZC0014 // Avoid using banned types in public API
+    {
+        Argument.AssertNotNull(jsonSerializable, nameof(jsonSerializable));
+
+        BinaryData data = BinaryData.FromObjectAsJson(jsonSerializable, options);
+        return new BinaryDataBinaryContent(data.ToMemory(), "application/json");
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Creates an instance of <see cref="BinaryContent"/> that contains the
+    /// JSON representation of the provided object using the specified JSON type information.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <typeparam name="T">The type of the object to serialize.</typeparam>
+    /// <param name="jsonSerializable">The object to serialize to JSON.</param>
+    /// <param name="jsonTypeInfo">The <see cref="JsonTypeInfo{T}"/> to use for serialization.</param>
+    /// <returns>An instance of <see cref="BinaryContent"/> that contains the
+    /// JSON representation of the provided object.</returns>
+#pragma warning disable AZC0014 // Avoid using banned types in public API
+    public static BinaryContent CreateJson<T>(T jsonSerializable, JsonTypeInfo<T> jsonTypeInfo)
+#pragma warning restore AZC0014 // Avoid using banned types in public API
+    {
+        Argument.AssertNotNull(jsonSerializable, nameof(jsonSerializable));
+        Argument.AssertNotNull(jsonTypeInfo, nameof(jsonTypeInfo));
+
+        BinaryData data = BinaryData.FromObjectAsJson(jsonSerializable, jsonTypeInfo);
+        return new BinaryDataBinaryContent(data.ToMemory(), "application/json");
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Creates an instance of <see cref="BinaryContent"/> that contains the
+    /// provided JSON string.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="jsonString">The JSON string to be used as the content.</param>
+    /// <param name="validate">Whether to validate that the string contains valid JSON.
+    /// If true, the method will validate the JSON format and throw an exception if invalid.
+    /// Defaults to false for backwards compatibility.</param>
+    /// <returns>An instance of <see cref="BinaryContent"/> that contains the
+    /// provided JSON string.</returns>
+    /// <exception cref="ArgumentException">Thrown when <paramref name="validate"/> is true and
+    /// <paramref name="jsonString"/> is not valid JSON.</exception>
+    public static BinaryContent CreateJson(string jsonString, bool validate = false)
+    {
+        Argument.AssertNotNull(jsonString, nameof(jsonString));
+
+        if (validate)
+        {
+            ValidateJsonString(jsonString);
+        }
+
+        BinaryData data = BinaryData.FromString(jsonString);
+        return new BinaryDataBinaryContent(data.ToMemory(), "application/json");
+    }
+
+    private static void ValidateJsonString(string jsonString)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            var reader = new Utf8JsonReader(System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(jsonString));
+
+            // Skip through the entire JSON document to validate it's well-formed
+            while (reader.Read())
+            {
+                // The Read() method will throw JsonException if the JSON is malformed
+            }
+        }
+        catch (JsonException ex)
+        {
+            throw new ArgumentException($"The provided string is not valid JSON: {ex.Message}", nameof(jsonString), ex);
+        }
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Attempts to compute the length of the underlying body content, if available.
     /// </summary>
@@ -96,9 +191,10 @@ private sealed class BinaryDataBinaryContent : BinaryContent
     {
         private readonly ReadOnlyMemory<byte> _bytes;
 
-        public BinaryDataBinaryContent(ReadOnlyMemory<byte> bytes)
+        public BinaryDataBinaryContent(ReadOnlyMemory<byte> bytes, string? mediaType = null)
         {
             _bytes = bytes;
+            MediaType = mediaType;
         }
 
         public override bool TryComputeLength(out long length)
@@ -140,6 +236,14 @@ public ModelBinaryContent(T model, ModelReaderWriterOptions options)
         {
             _model = model;
             _options = options;
+
+            // Set MediaType to JSON if the model will be serialized as JSON
+            // This checks if JSON format is requested, either explicitly ("J") or
+            // via wire format ("W") where the model returns "J" as its preferred format
+            if (options.Format == "J" || (options.Format == "W" && model.GetFormatFromOptions(options) == "J"))
+            {
+                MediaType = "application/json";
+            }
         }
 
         private UnsafeBufferSequence.Reader SequenceReader
diff --git a/sdk/core/System.ClientModel/tests/Message/BinaryContentTests.cs b/sdk/core/System.ClientModel/tests/Message/BinaryContentTests.cs
index 0bfaf4cc020e..22b83bcdeb28 100644
--- a/sdk/core/System.ClientModel/tests/Message/BinaryContentTests.cs
+++ b/sdk/core/System.ClientModel/tests/Message/BinaryContentTests.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 using System.ClientModel.Primitives;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Text.Json;
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization.Metadata;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Azure.Core.TestFramework;
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ public void CanGetLengthFromBinaryDataBinaryContent()
         BinaryData data = BinaryData.FromString(value);
         using BinaryContent content = BinaryContent.Create(data);
 
+        Assert.IsNull(content.MediaType);
         Assert.IsTrue(content.TryComputeLength(out long length));
         Assert.AreEqual(value.Length, length);
     }
@@ -50,6 +52,7 @@ public void CanGetLengthFromModelBinaryContent()
         MockPersistableModel model = new MockPersistableModel(404, "abcde");
         using BinaryContent content = BinaryContent.Create(model);
 
+        Assert.AreEqual("application/json", content.MediaType);
         Assert.IsTrue(content.TryComputeLength(out long length));
         Assert.AreEqual(model.SerializedValue.Length, length);
     }
@@ -60,6 +63,8 @@ public async Task CanWriteToStreamFromModelBinaryContent()
         MockPersistableModel model = new MockPersistableModel(404, "abcde");
         using BinaryContent content = BinaryContent.Create(model);
 
+        Assert.AreEqual("application/json", content.MediaType);
+
         MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
         await content.WriteToSyncOrAsync(stream, CancellationToken.None, IsAsync);
 
@@ -75,6 +80,7 @@ public void CanGetLengthFromJsonModelBinaryContent()
         MockJsonModel model = new MockJsonModel(404, "abcde");
         using BinaryContent content = BinaryContent.Create(model, ModelReaderWriterOptions.Json);
 
+        Assert.AreEqual("application/json", content.MediaType);
         Assert.IsTrue(content.TryComputeLength(out long length));
         Assert.AreEqual(model.Utf8BytesValue.Length, length);
     }
@@ -85,6 +91,8 @@ public async Task CanWriteToStreamFromJsonModelBinaryContent()
         MockJsonModel model = new MockJsonModel(404, "abcde");
         using BinaryContent content = BinaryContent.Create(model, ModelReaderWriterOptions.Json);
 
+        Assert.AreEqual("application/json", content.MediaType);
+
         MemoryStream contentStream = new MemoryStream();
         await content.WriteToSyncOrAsync(contentStream, CancellationToken.None, IsAsync);
 
@@ -156,4 +164,182 @@ public void StreamBinaryContentMustBeSeekable()
 
         Assert.Throws<ArgumentException>(() => { BinaryContent.Create(stream); });
     }
+
+    [Test]
+    public async Task CanCreateAndWriteJsonBinaryContentFromObject()
+    {
+        var testObject = new { Name = "test", Value = 42 };
+        using BinaryContent content = BinaryContent.CreateJson(testObject);
+
+        Assert.AreEqual("application/json", content.MediaType);
+        Assert.IsTrue(content.TryComputeLength(out long length));
+        Assert.Greater(length, 0);
+
+        MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
+        await content.WriteToSyncOrAsync(stream, CancellationToken.None, IsAsync);
+
+        string json = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(stream.ToArray());
+        Assert.IsTrue(json.Contains("test"));
+        Assert.IsTrue(json.Contains("42"));
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public async Task CanCreateAndWriteJsonBinaryContentWithOptions()
+    {
+        var testObject = new { Name = "TEST", Value = 42 };
+        var options = new JsonSerializerOptions { PropertyNamingPolicy = JsonNamingPolicy.CamelCase };
+
+        using BinaryContent content = BinaryContent.CreateJson(testObject, options);
+
+        Assert.AreEqual("application/json", content.MediaType);
+        Assert.IsTrue(content.TryComputeLength(out long length));
+        Assert.Greater(length, 0);
+
+        MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
+        await content.WriteToSyncOrAsync(stream, CancellationToken.None, IsAsync);
+
+        string json = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(stream.ToArray());
+        // With camelCase naming policy, "Name" should become "name"
+        Assert.IsTrue(json.Contains("name"));
+        Assert.IsTrue(json.Contains("value"));
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public void JsonBinaryContentMatchesBinaryDataFromObjectAsJson()
+    {
+        var testObject = new { Name = "test", Value = 42 };
+
+        // Create using the new CreateJson method
+        using BinaryContent content = BinaryContent.CreateJson(testObject);
+
+        // Create using the existing pattern
+        BinaryData binaryData = BinaryData.FromObjectAsJson(testObject);
+        using BinaryContent expectedContent = BinaryContent.Create(binaryData);
+
+        // They should have the same length
+        Assert.IsTrue(content.TryComputeLength(out long contentLength));
+        Assert.IsTrue(expectedContent.TryComputeLength(out long expectedLength));
+        Assert.AreEqual(expectedLength, contentLength);
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public async Task CanCreateAndWriteJsonBinaryContentFromString()
+    {
+        string jsonString = """{"name":"test","value":42}""";
+        using BinaryContent content = BinaryContent.CreateJson(jsonString);
+
+        Assert.AreEqual("application/json", content.MediaType);
+        Assert.IsTrue(content.TryComputeLength(out long length));
+        Assert.AreEqual(jsonString.Length, length);
+
+        MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
+        await content.WriteToSyncOrAsync(stream, CancellationToken.None, IsAsync);
+
+        string result = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(stream.ToArray());
+        Assert.AreEqual(jsonString, result);
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public void JsonStringBinaryContentMatchesBinaryDataFromString()
+    {
+        string jsonString = """{"name":"test","value":42}""";
+
+        // Create using the new CreateJson string method
+        using BinaryContent content = BinaryContent.CreateJson(jsonString);
+
+        // Create using the existing pattern
+        BinaryData binaryData = BinaryData.FromString(jsonString);
+        using BinaryContent expectedContent = BinaryContent.Create(binaryData);
+
+        // They should have the same length
+        Assert.IsTrue(content.TryComputeLength(out long contentLength));
+        Assert.IsTrue(expectedContent.TryComputeLength(out long expectedLength));
+        Assert.AreEqual(expectedLength, contentLength);
+
+        // Content should have JSON media type, while regular Create should not
+        Assert.AreEqual("application/json", content.MediaType);
+        Assert.IsNull(expectedContent.MediaType);
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public void CreateJsonWithValidationSucceedsForValidJson()
+    {
+        string validJson = """{"name":"test","value":42,"nested":{"array":[1,2,3]}}""";
+        using BinaryContent content = BinaryContent.CreateJson(validJson, validate: true);
+
+        Assert.AreEqual("application/json", content.MediaType);
+        Assert.IsTrue(content.TryComputeLength(out long length));
+        Assert.AreEqual(validJson.Length, length);
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public void CreateJsonWithValidationThrowsForInvalidJson()
+    {
+        string invalidJson = """{"name":"test","value":42"""; // Missing closing brace
+
+        var ex = Assert.Throws<ArgumentException>(() => BinaryContent.CreateJson(invalidJson, validate: true));
+#pragma warning disable CS8602 // Dereference of a possibly null reference.
+        Assert.AreEqual("jsonString", ex.ParamName);
+#pragma warning restore CS8602 // Dereference of a possibly null reference.
+        Assert.IsTrue(ex.Message.Contains("not valid JSON"));
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public void CreateJsonWithoutValidationSucceedsForInvalidJson()
+    {
+        string invalidJson = """{"name":"test","value":42"""; // Missing closing brace
+
+        // Should not throw when validation is disabled (default behavior)
+        using BinaryContent content = BinaryContent.CreateJson(invalidJson, validate: false);
+        Assert.AreEqual("application/json", content.MediaType);
+
+        // Should also not throw when validation parameter is omitted
+        using BinaryContent content2 = BinaryContent.CreateJson(invalidJson);
+        Assert.AreEqual("application/json", content2.MediaType);
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public void CreateJsonWithValidationHandlesEmptyObject()
+    {
+        string emptyObject = "{}";
+        using BinaryContent content = BinaryContent.CreateJson(emptyObject, validate: true);
+
+        Assert.AreEqual("application/json", content.MediaType);
+        Assert.IsTrue(content.TryComputeLength(out long length));
+        Assert.AreEqual(2, length);
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public void CreateJsonWithValidationHandlesEmptyArray()
+    {
+        string emptyArray = "[]";
+        using BinaryContent content = BinaryContent.CreateJson(emptyArray, validate: true);
+
+        Assert.AreEqual("application/json", content.MediaType);
+        Assert.IsTrue(content.TryComputeLength(out long length));
+        Assert.AreEqual(2, length);
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public void CreateJsonWithValidationThrowsForMalformedJson()
+    {
+        string[] malformedJsonStrings = new[]
+        {
+            "{",
+            "}",
+            "[",
+            "]",
+            "{\"key\":}",
+            "{\"key\"",
+            "\"unterminated string",
+            "{\"key\": value}",  // unquoted value
+            "{key: \"value\"}",  // unquoted key
+        };
+
+        foreach (string malformedJson in malformedJsonStrings)
+        {
+            Assert.Throws<ArgumentException>(() => BinaryContent.CreateJson(malformedJson, validate: true),
+                $"Expected validation to fail for: {malformedJson}");
+        }
+    }
 }