Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash adds a $0.03 draft mode
The new draft tier costs $0.03 per second, keyframes and 3-second video references arrive — but 720p output still bills at $0.10 per second.
Illustration: a darkened editing suite with an empty chair, a blue-lit control desk and monitors showing nothing but abstract color gradients.
Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash is mainly a control release — longer scenes, first and last frame control, style references — and it only gets cheaper through the new 360p draft tier at $0.03 per second.
At a glance
- Scenes can be extended in 10-second increments to a total of 40 seconds.
- The model now reads up to 10 seconds of preceding footage, where it previously saw only the final second.
- Per-second pricing: $0.03 (360p), $0.10 (720p), $0.15 (1080p), $0.30 (4K).
- Google says the 360p draft mode runs up to 60 percent faster at one-third the cost of 720p.
- Developers can upload up to 3 seconds of outside video as a style reference.
Google has released Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash, and the pitch is control rather than picture quality. Developers get a firmer grip on how long a shot runs, what frame it opens and closes on, and which reference footage its characters and motion should follow. A cheap 360p draft tier sits underneath all of it.
Longer shots, more context
Continuation used to rest on almost nothing: the model looked at the final second of existing footage before carrying the shot forward. It now reads up to 10 seconds. Extensions come in 10-second increments, up to a 40-second total.
Keyframe control is the second lever. Pinning the first and last frame effectively dictates the camera move in between, which is the kind of direction video models have long refused to take. Uploading up to 3 seconds of outside video adds a third: characters and movement patterns can be carried over from that clip.
What each tier costs
Billing is per second of generated video, tiered by resolution:
| Resolution | Price per second |
|---|---|
| 360p (draft) | $0.03 |
| 720p | $0.10 |
| 1080p | $0.15 |
| 4K | $0.30 |
The 360p tier is built to be thrown away: up to 60 percent faster at one-third the cost of 720p. Keepers get upscaled afterward to 1080p or 4K.
Only the drafts got cheaper
Reading this as a price cut overstates it. A second of 720p still costs $0.10, the same as on the earlier Gemini Omni Flash. The savings live entirely in the exploration phase, and only pay off for teams that genuinely discard a lot of takes before committing to a final render.
The competitive gap is narrow too. The Decoder reports that Google's own Veo 3.1 Lite and Fast models sit at $0.05 to $0.10 per second for 720p — level with the new model or below it. What is being sold here is direction, not a discount.
The unanswered part
Both reports cover speed and cost; neither carries independent quality testing. That leaves the central practical question open: how much detail survives the trip from a 360p draft through upscaling to 4K, and whether a shot approved at draft resolution still lands the same way once it is rendered for real. The model is reachable through Google AI Studio and the developer documentation.
FAQ
How much does Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash cost per second?
$0.03 at 360p, $0.10 at 720p, $0.15 at 1080p and $0.30 at 4K, charged per second of generated video.
How long can a Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash video be?
Scenes extend in 10-second increments up to 40 seconds in total, with the model taking up to 10 seconds of preceding footage into account.
Where can I use Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash?
The available reporting points to Google AI Studio and the accompanying developer documentation. No other access paths are documented in those reports.
