Google's Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash stretches AI video clips to 15 seconds and cuts pricing by 30 percent
Google DeepMind has moved Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash from preview into general availability, pairing the release with two headline changes: longer output and lower prices. The model can now generate video clips up to 15 seconds long, up from the shorter durations supported in earlier versions, and the per-second cost at 720p has been cut to $0.07 - a 30 percent reduction compared to its predecessor.
The pricing structure also rewards a staged approach to production. Users who generate drafts at a lower resolution and only upscale their final, approved clip can reduce costs further, making iterative creative work more practical without committing full spend on every rough version. That kind of tiered workflow has become a common cost-control pattern in AI media pipelines, and baking it into the pricing model makes it more accessible to a wider range of developers and creators.
A conversational editing feature rounds out the update. Rather than re-generating a clip from scratch each time a change is needed, users can refine output through a back-and-forth dialogue with the model - adjusting elements step by step. This approach lowers the friction of iteration and brings video editing closer to the kind of prompt-driven workflow that text and image generation users are already accustomed to.
Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash sits within Google's broader effort to offer capable generative video tools at a price point accessible to developers building on its API. The move to general availability signals that the model has cleared Google's internal reliability bar for production use, and the simultaneous price cut suggests competitive pressure in a market where several providers - including OpenAI, Runway, and others - are actively vying for developer adoption in the video generation space.
