Google has made Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash, its video generation model, generally available. The company announced it on November 5, 2026. The headline changes are longer clips, now up to 15 seconds instead of 10, and a lower price: $0.07 per second of 720p video, which Google says is 30 percent below Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash.
What changed
Per Google’s announcement, Omni 1.2 Flash can generate and edit clips of any length from 3 to 15 seconds, set in one-second steps. Omni 1.1 topped out at 10 seconds. The Decoder adds that the model supports conversational editing, so a user can change a background, the lighting or the aspect ratio without regenerating the whole clip. It also accepts reference inputs such as character images, product photos, short motion clips and audio cues. Every video carries an imperceptible SynthID watermark, according to both reports.
Pricing by resolution
Google’s Gemini API pricing page bills video by output tokens, at $12.00 per million video output tokens for Omni 1.2 Flash. Omni 1.1 Flash was $17.50 per million, which works out to roughly $0.10 per second at 720p. The page lists these approximate per-second costs:
- 360p: about $0.023 per second
- 720p: about $0.07 per second
- 1080p, with upsampling: about $0.104 per second
- 4K, with upsampling: about $0.209 per second
The same page puts a 10-second 720p clip at about $0.70 and a 15-second clip at about $1.04. Our own arithmetic from the listed rates gives about $1.56 for a 15-second 1080p clip and about $3.13 for a 15-second 4K clip. These are list prices before any volume terms, and the page notes the model is offered on the paid tier only, with no free tier on the API.
One timing detail matters for existing users. Google says requests sent to Omni 1.1 Flash will be routed automatically to 1.2 Flash starting December 3, 2026, and billed at the 1.2 rates. Teams that built budgets around the old model will see the lower rate automatically.
Where you can use it
- Gemini API and Google AI Studio: generally available to developers on the paid tier.
- Google Cloud: available in the console and through the API, with Provisioned Throughput offered for steady workloads.
- Flow: supports directing scenes and multi-turn edits.
- Google Vids: people with a Google account or a Workspace subscription can make 15-second clips at no additional cost, Google says.
- Gemini app: 15-second video is rolling out to Google AI Ultra subscribers first.
- Google Ads: video campaigns can use it through the Ads asset studio.
Why it matters for businesses
Short product videos and ad variations are the obvious use. At roughly a dollar for a 15-second 720p clip, a team testing 50 variations would be looking at about $52 in generation costs at list price, before the human time to review and approve them. That is our calculation, not a Google figure, and real costs will depend on how many drafts get discarded. The Decoder notes that drafts are created at 360p or 720p and final results can be upscaled to 1080p or 4K, which suggests a cheap-draft, pricier-final workflow.
The free route through Vids is aimed at everyday workplace and personal videos rather than large-scale production, and the Gemini app’s longer clips are limited to the top subscription tier for now.
What is still unclear
Neither Google’s announcement nor the pricing page tells buyers how output quality compares with rival video models, and this report has not tested the model. Prices and limits on Google’s pages can change, so check the current rate card before committing a budget. For other recent AI pricing changes, see our reports on the shared ChatGPT and Codex usage allowance and Netflix’s AI Discover tab.
Sources
- Google: Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash announcement
- Google AI Studio: Gemini API pricing
- The Decoder: Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash stretches AI video clips to 15 seconds and cuts pricing by 30 percent
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