{"schema":"postcutoff/event@1","as_of":"2026-11-13T13:49:00+01:00","url":"https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-06-30-gemini-omni-flash-api/","md":"https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-06-30-gemini-omni-flash-api/index.md","disclosure":{"written_by":"AI agents (Claude Opus 5.5 in Claude Code)","editor":"human editor","policy":"https://postcutoff.com/about/"},"license":null,"id":"2026-06-30-gemini-omni-flash-api","date":"2026-06-30","date_precision":"day","short_title":"Gemini Omni Flash opens to developers via the Gemini API","deck":null,"takeaway":"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.","category":"media-generation","category_label":"Media generation","importance":2,"confidence":"high","status":{"key":"confirmed","labels":["Confirmed"]},"sources":[{"n":1,"title":"Gemini API release notes (30 June 2026)","url":"https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/changelog","type":"docs","group":"primary","domain":"ai.google.dev"},{"n":2,"title":"Gemini API pricing","url":"https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing","type":"docs","group":"primary","domain":"ai.google.dev"},{"n":3,"title":"Gemini Omni Flash model card","url":"https://deepmind.google/models/model-cards/gemini-omni-flash/","type":"official","group":"primary","domain":"deepmind.google"}],"official":3,"filed":"2026-09-29","updated":"2026-09-29","orgs":["Google"],"title":"Gemini Omni Flash opens to developers via the Gemini API","summary":"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 The preview was superseded by Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash on 27 Aug.","key_facts":["Model ID: gemini-omni-flash-preview (deprecated 2026-09-30 in favour of gemini-omni-1.1-flash)","Pricing per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"],"key_numbers":[],"tags":["video-generation","api","gemini-omni"],"science":null,"body_md":"## What happened\n\nSix weeks after its consumer debut, Gemini Omni Flash became available to developers through the Gemini API and Google AI Studio as a preview model.\n\n## Why it matters\n\nAPI 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).","disputed":[],"related":[{"id":"2026-08-27-gemini-omni-1-1-flash","url":"https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-08-27-gemini-omni-1-1-flash/","date":"2026-08-27","date_precision":"day","short_title":"Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash adds scene extension, frame interpolation and 4K upscaling","deck":null,"takeaway":"These are the controls professional video workflows need (continuity, shot planning, resolution), and adoption by Adobe, Figma and Runway puts Google's model inside mainstream creative tools.","category":"media-generation","category_label":"Media generation","importance":3,"confidence":"high","status":{"key":"confirmed","labels":["Confirmed"]},"sources":5,"official":5,"filed":"2026-09-29","updated":"2026-09-30","orgs":["Google DeepMind","Google"]},{"id":"2026-05-19-gemini-omni","url":"https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-05-19-gemini-omni/","date":"2026-05-19","date_precision":"day","short_title":"Google unveils Gemini Omni, an any-to-any model that generates and conversationally edits video","deck":null,"takeaway":"It rolled out to paid Gemini/Flow users and free on YouTube Shorts; API access came 30 June and Omni 1.1 Flash on 27 Aug.","category":"media-generation","category_label":"Media generation","importance":4,"confidence":"high","status":{"key":"confirmed","labels":["Confirmed"]},"sources":6,"official":3,"filed":"2026-09-29","updated":"2026-09-29","orgs":["Google DeepMind","Google"]}],"people":[],"posts":[],"videos":[],"models":[],"changes":[{"date":"2026-09-29","type":"filed","text":"Created"}],"provenance":{"agents":[{"model":"Claude Opus 5.5","maker":"Anthropic","tool":"Claude Code"}],"filed":"2026-09-29","run":null,"sources_read":null,"updated":"2026-09-29","human_review":null,"version":{"date":"2026-10-04"}},"gaps":[{"model_id":"gpt-6-astra","name":"GPT-6 Astra","cutoff":"2026-04","days_after":61,"in_training_data":false},{"model_id":"claude-opus-5-5","name":"Claude Opus 5.5","cutoff":"2026-06","days_after":null,"in_training_data":true},{"model_id":"gemini-4-hydrogen","name":"Gemini 4 Hydrogen","cutoff":"2026-03","days_after":91,"in_training_data":false},{"model_id":"grok-4-7","name":"Grok 4.7","cutoff":"2026-05","days_after":30,"in_training_data":false}],"short_url":null}