Gemini Omni Flash opens to developers via the Gemini API
On 30 June 2026 Google released `gemini-omni-flash-preview` in the Gemini API and AI Studio (plus `gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image` GA), letting developers generate and conversationally edit video with Gemini Omni for roughly $0.10 per second of output. The preview was superseded by Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash on 27 Aug.
Key facts
- Model ID: gemini-omni-flash-preview (deprecated 2026-09-30 in favour of gemini-omni-1.1-flash)
- Pricing per Gemini API docs: $17.50 per 1M video output tokens, 5,792 tokens per second of 720p video (~$0.10/s)
- Same-day GA of gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image
What happened
Six weeks after its consumer debut, Gemini Omni Flash became available to developers through the Gemini API and Google AI Studio as a preview model.
Why it matters
API access turned Omni from a consumer feature into a building block; third-party creative tools began integrating it (Adobe Firefly, Figma Weave and Runway integrated the later 1.1 version).
Changelog
- 2026-09-29: created
Related events
- Google unveils Gemini Omni, an any-to-any model that generates and conversationally edits video ★★★★
- Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash adds scene extension, frame interpolation and 4K upscaling ★★★
Sources (3)
- docsGemini API release notes (30 June 2026)
- docsGemini API pricing
- officialGemini Omni Flash model card
id: 2026-06-30-gemini-omni-flash-api · updated 2026-09-29 · open in the interactive timeline