Google launched Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash on November 5, extending native video generation from 10 to 15 seconds and cutting its advertised 720p price by 30%. The announcement makes longer clips cheaper per second, though developers need to check which generation mode supports the full duration.
The limit matters: Google Cloud's model specifications cap generation using first and last frames at 10 seconds. This article examines the announcement and documentation. We haven't generated clips or independently checked Google's claims about visual consistency.
What the lower price buys
Google lists 720p video at $0.07 per second. At that rate, one 15-second generation costs $1.05, calculated before any further work. That's a useful starting budget, rather than a measured cost per usable clip: a rejected take still leaves you needing another result. The launch post also describes conversational edits to existing clips and upscaling drafts to higher resolutions.
For a developer budgeting an automated workflow, the useful comparison is spending per accepted output. Record how many attempts and edits a brief needs before treating the advertised rate as a production estimate.
Fifteen seconds has exceptions
The Cloud reference lists generation and editing durations of 3 to 15 seconds, with the shorter ceiling for first-and-last-frame requests. Extensions produce 3 to 10 additional seconds. An application should therefore validate duration against the selected operation before sending a request.
Integration needs attention too. Google lists the Interactions API as supported for this model, while GenerateContent and Chat Completions are unsupported. Developers adapting an existing client should check its endpoint assumptions against the same reference.
Google acknowledges continuing work on fast sports action and complex physics. Those are useful cases to include in an evaluation if your footage depends on them. Watch whether repeated edits preserve the details your brief requires, and count the attempts needed to get there. Longer clips and a lower rate alone don't answer that question.