Sep 2, 2026

Video generation arrives Sep 2 — Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash, from text, a still, or two keyframes

From 2026-09-02 you can generate video: text-to-video, image-to-video, first-and-last-frame interpolation, and reference-to-video that holds a character across the shot. Ten seconds per call at 360p, 720p (default) or 1080p, returned synchronously — we measured 35.8s on average for 720p, so there is no job queue to poll. A seed is supported, and the same seed returns the same shot (PSNR 41.3 dB across our runs). Two things to know before you build on it: if you write that someone is speaking but do not supply the line, the model invents dialogue — specify the line, or ask for silence; and 4K is not in this release, because a 4K clip takes about 210 seconds to generate and will not return inside a single request. Free like everything else through Sep 8; billed from Sep 9.