Fifteen seconds of AI video now costs about a dollar.
Google released Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash on November 5, 2026, and it is now generally available through the Gemini API and Gemini for business. The model makes native 15-second video clips, up from 10 seconds, and costs 30% less than version 1.1: $0.07 per second at 720p, so a full 15-second clip runs about $1.05. It also adds multi-turn conversational editing — fix one detail by chatting instead of re-generating the whole clip — plus stronger character and product consistency, more natural dialogue with clearer lip-sync, and steadier cinematic camera moves. Clips can be upscaled to 1080p or 4K, and outputs carry an imperceptible SynthID watermark. Fifteen-second clips are also available at no additional cost in Google Vids, and in the Gemini app for Google AI Ultra subscribers.
Storyline:
- Hook: Fifteen seconds of AI video now costs about a dollar.
- Context: Google released Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash on Nov 5, 2026: native 15-second video clips (up from 10 seconds), a 30% price cut to $0.07 per second at 720p, multi-turn chat editing, and stronger character and product consistency.
- Stakes: At $0.07 a second, a full 15-second clip costs about $1.05. Chat editing means fixing one detail instead of re-generating the whole clip, and characters and products stay consistent from first frame to last.
- Payoff: Longer clips, lower cost, same prompt — try it in Google Vids at no extra cost, and send this to someone who makes videos.
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How we verified this: Facts checked against Google’s official announcement, “Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash: 15-second video and lower pricing” (blog.google, Nov 5, 2026), and corroborated by the Nov 6 morning AI news briefings (Professor Claw, The Neuron). The $1.05 figure is arithmetic from Google’s stated $0.07-per-second price (15 x $0.07), rounded to “about a dollar” in the video.
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