Google Launches Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash with 4K Upscaling and 40-Second Scene Extension

On August 28, Google officially released Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash (model name gemini-omni-1.1-flash), a multimodal video generation and editing model. The new model integrates Veo's creative control capabilities and is primarily aimed at video generation and editing scenarios, providing developers with a complete creative toolchain.

Confirmed

4K upscaling: Upscales clips to 4K resolution, supports both 1080p and 4K output, and delivers cleaner motion
First/last frame control: Supports extracting the first and last frames of a video, allowing you to specify a shot's start and end frames and create first-to-last frame transitions
Fast draft mode: Quickly generates 360p drafts; philschmid noted the draft mode is cheaper
Scene extension: The biggest upgrade of this generation—extends scenes based on 10 seconds of context, increasing total video duration to 40 seconds
Video reference input: Supports 3-second videos as reference input
According to the official post (m5), Flow upgrades and Gemini App updates related to scene extension were announced simultaneously

Why it matters

Multiple community authors (@osanseviero, @AIwithGhotai, @philschmid) pointed out that many features in this update came from iterating on developer feedback, showing Google is responding quickly to video-generation developers' needs. The combination of scene extension, multi-resolution output, and low-cost drafts further lowers the barrier for video creation and prototyping, and the integration with Veo's creative controls significantly strengthens the Gemini lineup's tooling in the multimodal video space.

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Primary sources

Google Unveils Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash with 4K Upscaling and Scene Extension — GoogleAI · 2026-08-28 00:13 (UTC+08:00)
Google Launches Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash with 4K Upscaling and 10-Second Scene Extension — GoogleAI · 2026-08-28 00:13 (UTC+08:00)
Google releases Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash with scene extension and frame control — _philschmid · 2026-08-28 00:21 (UTC+08:00)

[source] Google Launches Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash with 4K Upscaling and 10-Second Scene Extension — GoogleAI · 2026-08-28
Google Releases Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash for Video Generation and Editing — rseroter · 2026-08-28
Gemini 1.1 Flash Released: Supports 40s Video Understanding and Multi-Resolution — osanseviero · 2026-08-28

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