Google Ships Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash GA With 40-Second Video Extension and $0.10-Per-Second Pricing
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Updated · KDnuggets · Oct 27
Google Ships Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash GA With 40-Second Video Extension and $0.10-Per-Second Pricing
2 articles · Updated · KDnuggets · Oct 27
Summary
August 27 marked Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash’s general-availability release on the Gemini API, upgrading the earlier preview with stackable 10-second scene extensions up to 40 seconds, stronger continuity handling and a cheaper 360p draft mode.
Google positions Omni as a conversational video editor rather than a one-shot generator: users can refine clips across turns while the model preserves characters, physics and scene context through an interaction ID.
Pricing starts immediately for developers because the API has no free tier—input costs $1.50 per million tokens and video output $17.50 per million, or about $1.01 for a 10-second 720p clip.
The model is available through the Gemini app, Google Flow and enterprise Google Cloud tooling, with free consumer access also offered via YouTube Shorts and YouTube Create.
Omni’s edge is workflow, not price: Google says it matches Veo’s roughly $0.10-per-second rate, while current limits include no voice-dialogue editing and regional restrictions on uploaded-video editing in the EEA, Switzerland and the UK.
Is Google’s Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash the first AI video tool that makes editing by conversation more valuable than one-shot generation?
Gemini Omni can extend scenes and preserve characters across edits—but can it really replace traditional video workflows without voice editing support?
Why is Google betting on cheap 360p drafts and multi-turn scene extension instead of competing mainly on lowest video generation cost?