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Google Vids adds Omni 1.2 Flash, with three free 15-second videos a month

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Google has added its Omni 1.2 Flash video-generation model to Google Vids, letting people with a Google account or Workspace subscription make up to three 15-second videos each month at no cost. The practical draw is longer clips, with reference-image consistency and more natural speech narration also among the advertised improvements.

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What happened

Google announced the change on 5 November. It says users can create a video from a description, turn still images into clips while keeping characters and scenes consistent, and generate promotional or social content without making individual cuts.

The free allowance is three videos of up to 15 seconds per month. Google says the feature is available to anyone with a Google account or a Workspace subscription.

Why it matters

A longer clip allowance and image references make this more useful for people trying to produce a coherent short video, rather than a handful of disconnected shots. The free monthly limit lowers the barrier to trying it, though it is a modest allowance rather than an invitation to film the next epic.

Our read

The useful change is the combination: a longer permitted clip, reference-led consistency and improved narration in a tool Google presents as a creation and editing workspace. It is worth trying if you already use Vids and want quick-turn content; the monthly cap makes it less compelling as a regular production pipeline.

What to watch

  • Whether Google expands the free monthly allowance.
  • How the reference-image consistency and narration work in finished videos.
  • Whether Google Vids gains further controls for editing generated clips.

Discussion spark: For short promotional videos, would you rather have a small free allowance for longer, reference-guided clips, or a larger allowance with fewer generation controls?

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What changed

Google’s Omni 1.2 Flash lets users choose video lengths from three to 15 seconds in one-second increments, Android Authority reports. That is more flexible than the previous model’s 10-second limit, and means a short clip need not be padded to fill the full 15 seconds.

Access depends on the route. Google AI Ultra subscribers can use the model through the Gemini app; developers can access it through the Gemini API, while businesses can try it in the Google Cloud console.

The report also describes turn-by-turn conversational edits that can change parts of a video without starting over, while preserving elements the user wants to keep. Google says the model improves reference following and consistency across scenes, but those are company claims, not independently tested results.

Sources and evidence
  • 🐴 Google announces Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash with 15-second videos: Android Authority reports that Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash supports user-selected video durations from three to 15 seconds, has different access routes for subscribers, developers, businesses and free users, and allows turn-by-turn editing without restarting from scratch.

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