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Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash GA: Up to 15s Clips, ~30% Lower Output Price, About $0.07/s at 720p; 1.1 Routes to 1.2 on Dec 3

On November 5 Google made Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash (gemini-omni-1.2-flash) generally available in AI Studio and the Gemini API: video generate/edit length rises to 15 seconds, vendor pricing cuts video output about 30% (~$12 per 1M tokens, roughly $0.07/s at 720p), with stronger multi-reference consistency and more natural speech. The changelog states that from December 3, 2026, requests to gemini-omni-1.1-flash will automatically route to 1.2 at 1.2 rates.

Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash GA: Up to 15s Clips, ~30% Lower Output Price, About $0.07/s at 720p; 1.1 Routes to 1.2 on Dec 3

Key Takeaways

  • Model id gemini-omni-1.2-flash live in AI Studio and Gemini API (changelog Nov 5)
  • Clips 3–15s at 360p/720p/1080p/4K; vendor notes consistency across up to 6 reference images
  • Vendor pricing: ~30% lower video output; ~$0.07/s at 720p (~$1.04 for 15s)
  • From 2026-12-03, gemini-omni-1.1-flash auto-routes to 1.2 at 1.2 rates
  • Consumers: Flow, Google Vids, and Gemini App support up to 15s clips and multi-turn edits
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Google DeepMind unveils Genie 4 world model: built on Gemini Omni, first with native real-time audio and dialogue, in research preview for trusted testers

Google DeepMind announced Genie 4 on Oct 27, calling it its most realistic and interactive world model yet. Built on Gemini Omni, it improves physics and human motion, natively generates ambient audio and interactive character dialogue for the first time, and uses Gemini 3.8 Flash in the loop to plan complex events. It is a research preview for trusted testers for now, coming soon to Google AI Ultra (Project Genie) and early access partners in the Gemini API and AI Studio; no quantitative benchmarks were published.

Google DeepMind unveils Genie 4 world model: built on Gemini Omni, first with native real-time audio and dialogue, in research preview for trusted testers

Key Takeaways

  • Per Google DeepMind, Genie 4 is its most realistic and interactive world model yet, with Gemini Omni anchoring real-world appearance and behavior
  • It is DeepMind's first real-time world model with native audio: ambient sound, music and character dialogue are generated with the world, and characters respond live
  • Gemini 3.8 Flash acts as a guiding agent in the loop, splitting goals into steps and checking frames; a demo pairs Gemini 4 Argon with Genie 4 to simulate an Apollo humanoid
  • Official limitations: only a few minutes of continuous interaction and drift over longer sessions; no quantitative benchmarks were published
  • Trusted testers only for now; coming soon to Google AI Ultra (Project Genie) and Gemini API / AI Studio early access partners, with SynthID on all outputs
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Google DeepMind rolls out Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash for controllable production video

Google DeepMind is rolling out Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash to make generative video more controllable, faster to iterate on, and more polished for production-grade use. The model is available in Google Flow and related surfaces, with a Google developers blog walkthrough for builders. In the same week's Gemini Drops, the Gemini app added the ability to extend a video from where it left off using Omni 1.1 Flash, so creators can stitch continuous storylines instead of regenerating whole clips. The pitch is control over motion, timing, and visual continuity rather than raw novelty. For coding and product teams, the release matters as part of a broader Gemini 3.x tooling wave: Omni 1.1 Flash for media generation, Gemini 3.7 Flash for multi-step tool use, and Gemini 3.5 Transcribe for speech. Controllable video becomes another actuator an agent can call, not a separate consumer toy.

Key Takeaways

  • Omni 1.1 Flash targets controllable, faster, production-grade video and is live in Flow.
  • The Gemini app can extend videos from the last frame to build continuous storylines.
  • The model lands with Gemini 3.7 Flash and 3.5 Transcribe as another agent-callable media actuator.
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