Summary
Google released Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash as a production-ready multimodal video model and API update with scene extension, first-and-last-frame interpolation, 360p drafts and upscaling to 4K. Google says scene extensions can use up to 10 seconds of prior context and accumulate to 40 seconds through Gemini API, AI Studio, Enterprise Agent Platform and Flow.
Why it matters
The release moves generative video closer to controllable editing and professional production workflows, with lower-cost iteration built into the model’s deployment path.
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