Google's Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash makes 15-second video for less

What happened

Google has moved Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash, the newest version of its fast AI video model, to general availability. The update makes longer clips, follows reference material more closely and lowers the price.

Google announced the release on its own blog and on the Google Cloud blog, and trade sites such as The Decoder covered the longer clips and the price cut the same week.

The key details

• Length: clips of up to 15 seconds, up from a 10-second limit before.
• Price: $0.07 per second of 720p video, about $1.05 for a full 15-second clip. Google says that is 30% cheaper than Omni 1.1 Flash, with similar savings at other resolutions, but has not listed every resolution's price.
• Editing: multi-turn editing lets you change one thing at a time, such as the background or a camera move, while the rest of the clip stays the same.
• References: Google's developer post says the model follows up to six image, video or audio references more closely, which helps keep a product or character consistent.
• Camera work: smoother camera moves such as fly-throughs and zoom-outs, with fewer sudden jump cuts.
• Where: the Gemini API and Google Cloud for businesses, including reserved capacity for large volumes. Video tools from other companies are also adding it.

The background

Google first showed Gemini Omni at its I/O conference in May 2026 as a model that can turn text, images, video and sound into new video, and edit it by conversation. The Flash version is the faster, cheaper tier meant for high volumes.

Google is also pushing generative AI hard inside its ad products. In its latest quarter it said Gemini helped advertisers create more than 1.5 billion campaign assets, so cheaper and longer video from its own model is likely to feed straight into ad tools.

What it means for brands

Fifteen seconds is a useful length: it covers most short social ads and the opening of a longer story in a single clip, so fewer awkward joins between shots. At about a dollar per 15-second clip at 720p, testing several versions of an idea is now very cheap.

Cheaper generation does not make the creative decisions for you. The brands that win still need a strong hook, a consistent look across every clip, sound design and an edit that fits each platform. That is the work we do as an AI video production studio on AI video ads, using the best model for each shot rather than one tool for everything.