Google Expands Free Gemini Omni Video to Vids and Ads — SkimNews

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- Google is expanding free AI video generation inside Google Vids, powered by its Gemini Omni model, making the capability available without a paid subscription.
- Google Vids now lets any user produce HD videos using Gemini Omni, broadening access to generative video beyond enterprise or paid tiers.
- Google Ads Asset Studio is adding Gemini Omni video tools, extending the same model into advertiser-facing creative workflows.
- Gemini Omni supports video generation with up to 40-second scenes and 4K upscaling capability, according to coverage of the model's specs.
- The rollout spans both consumer and advertising surfaces simultaneously, using one underlying model to serve two distinct audiences — end users and marketers.
Why it matters: Google is deploying Gemini Omni simultaneously in consumer-facing Google Vids and Google Ads Asset Studio, making free AI-generated HD video available to both everyday users and advertisers in a single dual-surface push — compressing creative production for individual creators and ad teams using one shared model.
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