Gemini

Google Releases Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash with Scene Extension and 4K Upscaling

Google has released Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash (gemini-omni-1.1-flash-preview), bringing expanded temporal context windows, reference conditioning, and tiered generation pricing to its multimodal video generation API. The model is accessible immediately through Google AI Studio and the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, supporting developers targeting programmatic video synthesis, interactive media pipelines, and dynamic storyboarding. Extended Temporal Conditioning and Keyframe Controls The prima

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

Google DeepMind has released Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash, an updated video generation and editing model designed for developer workflows and fine-grained creative control. The release introduces extended temporal context for scene continuation, keyframe-to-keyframe interpolation, lightweight draft rendering, and 4K output. The model is accessible via the Gemini API in Google AI Studio (gemini-omni-1.1-flash), the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, Google Flow, and the consumer Gemini application. Te

Barret Zoph Joins Google as VP of Research to Lead Gemini Post-Training and Reinforcement Learning

Barret Zoph, former post-training lead at OpenAI and co-founder of Thinking Machines Lab, has joined Google as Vice President of Research. Google confirmed the appointment, stating that Zoph will direct reinforcement learning (RL) and post-training initiatives across the Gemini model family. Background and Industry Trajectory Zoph previously spent several years at Google Brain, where he co-authored foundational papers on Neural Architecture Search (NAS) and scaling mixture-of-experts (MoE) ar

Google Releases Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash with Contextual Scene Extensions and Keyframe Control

Google DeepMind has released Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash, updating its generative video model with expanded developer controls, multi-second temporal context for scene extensions, keyframe interpolation, and multi-tier resolution pricing. The release aims to transition video generation from single-prompt clips into programmable, multi-step production pipelines. Temporal Scene Extension with 10-Second Context A core challenge in generative video has been maintaining temporal consistency when extendi

Google Releases Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash with Scene Extension and Keyframe Control

Google DeepMind has released Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash, updating its multimodal generative video model with programmatic editing controls, extended scene generation, and lower-cost drafting tiers. The model is accessible via the Gemini API in Google AI Studio and the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform. The update addresses primary friction points in production AI video pipelines: temporal continuity across clips, deterministic camera transitions, iterative preview costs, and high-resolution export qu

Google Cloud Launches Gemini Enterprise for Legal with Domain Agents and MCP Connectors

Google Cloud has launched Gemini Enterprise for Legal, a specialized vertical edition of its enterprise AI platform configured specifically for corporate legal departments and law firms. The product debuted in preview on August 25, 2026, alongside a parallel financial services edition, marking Google's initial push into industry-tailored enterprise AI packages. Launch law firms participating in early access include Cleary Gottlieb, Freshfields, Weil, and Williams & Connolly. Architectural Arc

Google Launches Gemini Student Hub with Interactive 3D Simulations and Background Research

Google has launched a dedicated suite of education tools across Google Search and the Gemini assistant, introducing an integrated student hub, interactive 3D simulations, multi-document synthesis, and asynchronous background research. The rollout is designed to centralize study workflows within Google's ecosystem while expanding the modal capabilities of Gemini for scientific and conceptual analysis. Integrated Student Hub and Study Notebooks The core of the update is a specialized hub withi

Waymo Brings Gemini Voice Assistant to Custom Ojai Robotaxis

Waymo has integrated Google's Gemini large language model into its purpose-built Ojai robotaxis, introducing a conversational in-cabin voice assistant while maintaining strict isolation boundaries between the passenger interface and the vehicle's autonomous driving system. The voice assistant allows passengers to control cabin settings (such as adjusting air conditioning), query trip details, ask about points of interest along the route, and request general information hands-free during autonom

Google Opens Gemini in Chrome to All U.S. Android Users and Extends Auto Browse to Mobile

Google expanded Gemini in Chrome to all Android users across the United States on August 18, 2026. The update introduces the browser's built-in AI assistant to mobile handsets and extends "auto browse," Google's agentic web automation feature, to smartphones for Google AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers. The Android rollout follows the initial launch of Gemini in Chrome for desktop environments in September 2025. On mobile devices, the assistant provides on-page article summaries, contextual answe

Google now lets users strip the visible watermark from its AI images, video, and audio

Google said Friday it will let users remove the visible watermark from its AI-generated images, video, and audio. The company said turning off the visible mark does not affect the invisible SynthID watermark or the C2PA metadata used to identify an AI-generated file. Josh Woodward, Google's vice president for Gemini, announced the change in a post on X. The invisible SynthID signal and the C2PA provenance data stay in place, so machines can still tell a file was generated even after the visible

Google launches Gemini 3.7 Flash, halves the cost of its coding workhorse

Google's new Flash model scores higher on coding benchmarks and costs half its standard rate, at least through the end of 2026.

Gemini crosses 1 billion monthly active users, Pichai says

Google Sets September 4 Deadline for Assistant Shutdown as Gemini Takes Over

Google will begin removing Google Assistant from Android phones, tablets, Wear OS watches, headphones, and Android Auto vehicles starting September 4, 2026. The company emailed existing users on August 4 confirming the timeline, with the rollout expected to take several weeks to reach all devices. Once removed, users will not be able to switch back to Assistant. Gemini, Google's AI-powered replacement, is now the default assistant experience on Android. The transition had been planned since at