Google Releases Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash, an AI Video Tool for Developers

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. —

Google said it has released Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash, an update to its AI video generation model aimed at software developers building video editing and creative tools, according to a company announcement.

The update is meant to give developers more precise control over AI-generated video and to make the model ready for commercial use, Google said. It can be accessed through Google AI Studio or the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, the company said.

More Control Over AI-Generated Scenes

One new feature lets developers extend an existing AI-generated video clip rather than starting over, Google said. The company said the model can now factor in up to 10 seconds of footage that came before, compared with just one second in earlier versions, which Google said improves visual consistency from one clip to the next. Developers can stretch a scene in 10-second increments up to a total of 40 seconds, according to the announcement.

A second feature allows developers to set a starting frame and an ending frame for a shot, and have the model generate everything in between, Google said. The company said this is intended to help with camera movements such as zooms and orbits, or with clips designed to loop seamlessly.

Google also said the update includes sharper 4K upscaling for finished video, so developers can polish a project after it has been generated at a lower resolution.

Cheaper Previews for Testing

For early drafts, Google said developers can now generate lower-resolution 360p previews instead of the model's standard 720p output. The company said this option can run up to 60 percent faster and cost about a third as much, based on its own measure of system throughput, making it easier to test ideas before committing to a final, higher-resolution version.

Google did not say how much the new model costs to run overall, how it will price the different resolution tiers, or when access will expand beyond the two developer platforms it named. The company also did not disclose usage figures or say how the update compares with rival AI video tools from other companies.

Google described Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash as a step toward professional-grade generative video, though the company's announcement did not include independent assessment of how the tool performs in practice.