Gemini Omni Flash
Gemini Omni Flash is the first model in Google's Gemini Omni family, combining Gemini's multimodal reasoning and world knowledge with native video and audio generation. VidGen currently offers text-to-video, animation from one first-frame image, and video guided by multiple reference images.
A Real Gemini Omni Flash First-Frame Result
This verified VidGen example uses start-frame mode with the prompt shown below. The result preserves the opening composition while adding motion and generated sound.
Exact Prompt + First Frame
The glowing whale slowly swims across the night sky, casting blue light over the boy and the bus stop. The boy raises his hand in wonder as the ocean waves gently rise and fall below. The camera begins on the boy's face, then tilts upward, gradually revealing the whale in the sky.
Generated Result
Gemini Omni Flash Features Available in VidGen
Three Ways to Start
Generate a new scene from text, animate a single image as the first frame, or use multiple reference images to guide subjects, products, style, and composition.
World Knowledge and Simulation
Google says Omni Flash combines an understanding of physics with Gemini's knowledge of history, science, and culture. That makes it useful for motion, explainers, and story details that depend on more than visual style alone.
Native Video and Audio
Every video is generated with an audio track. Describe ambience, sound effects, dialogue, music, and timing in the prompt when sound is part of the idea.
Controls for Short-Form Video
Choose the duration and landscape or vertical framing on the current generation page, making it easy to prepare quick concept tests and social clips.
Multi-Reference Guidance
Reference mode accepts multiple images. Use tags such as <IMAGE_REF_0> in the prompt to identify which upload should control a subject, product, or visual style.
Built for Fast Iteration
Google positions the Flash model as a high-quality, cost-efficient option. Start with a shorter generation to test motion and audio direction, then refine the result as needed.
Best Uses for Gemini Omni Flash
- Short narrative, ad, and social clips with generated ambience, effects, dialogue, or music
- Product reveals and character shots animated from a first-frame image
- Reference-guided videos that use multiple images to preserve identity or visual style
- Physics-focused scenes with rolling objects, water, collisions, or continuous camera motion
- Educational and explainer clips that benefit from Gemini's world knowledge
- Timed sequences, kinetic typography, and scenes where action must align with audio
- Landscape and vertical variations for YouTube, Reels, Shorts, and TikTok
How to Use Gemini Omni Flash
Step 1
Choose a Generation Path
Use Text to Video for a new scene. Choose Image to Video when you have one opening frame or multiple reference images.
Step 2
Add the Prompt and Visual Guidance
Describe subject motion, camera movement, lighting, and sound. In reference mode, explain what each image should control.
Step 3
Set the Format and Generate
Choose the duration and framing available on the current generation page, review the credit estimate, and generate. Adjust the prompt or references after reviewing motion, identity, and audio.
Gemini Omni Flash FAQ
What is Gemini Omni Flash?
It is the first model in Google's Gemini Omni family and is currently in preview. Google built it for high-quality, cost-efficient video generation and conversational editing, with native multimodality and Gemini world knowledge.
What resolution, frame rate, and duration does Gemini Omni Flash support in VidGen?
Current outputs are 720p at 24 FPS. You can choose 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10 seconds and either 16:9 or 9:16. Reference mode accepts 1–4 images, and prompts can contain up to 20,000 characters. Available controls may change, so confirm the current generation page before creating.
Does Gemini Omni Flash generate audio?
Yes. Omni Flash natively generates an audio track with every video. Describe ambience, effects, dialogue, music, and timing in the prompt when they matter.
What is the difference between Gemini Omni Flash and Veo 3.1?
Omni Flash emphasizes Gemini's native multimodal understanding and world knowledge, making it a strong fit for ideas that combine visual references, complex scene relationships, and audio intent. Veo 3.1 emphasizes high-fidelity visuals, prompt adherence, and cinematic control, making it better suited to shots where composition, camera language, consistency, and polished output matter most. Both can generate video with audio; check the current VidGen generation page for available controls.
What is the difference between Gemini Omni Flash first-frame mode and reference mode?
First-frame mode animates one image as the opening frame. Reference mode uses multiple images as guidance for subjects, products, style, or composition without promising that any upload will be copied as the exact first frame.
How should I write Gemini Omni Flash prompts for better results?
Describe the subject, action, camera movement, lighting, mood, and audio. Use time cues for important beats. In reference mode, identify each upload's role and use tags such as <IMAGE_REF_0> when needed.
Does Google add a watermark to Gemini Omni Flash videos?
Google states that all videos created with Omni include its imperceptible SynthID watermark for AI provenance.
Is Gemini Omni Flash still in preview?
Yes. Google lists gemini-omni-flash-preview as a preview model, so supported features and availability may change.
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Generate a Gemini Omni Flash Video
Create a video with native audio from text, one first frame, or multiple reference images.