{"id":594281,"date":"2026-05-20T12:20:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T12:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/594281\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T12:20:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T12:20:17","slug":"googles-new-gemini-omni-ai-can-turn-almost-anything-into-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/594281\/","title":{"rendered":"Google\u2019s new Gemini Omni AI can turn almost anything into video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google introduced Gemini Omni FlashIt aims to make video creation easier by letting users refine projects naturally, rather than using editing softwareIt&#8217;s emphasizing transparency and safety through AI watermarking and identity protections<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-6a96fa20-356a-4a4f-ace8-72ec270adc4b\"><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/tag\/google\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/tag\/google\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/tag\/google\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google<\/a>\u2019s next big AI move is aimed squarely at creativity. The company has introduced Gemini Omni at <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/live\/google-io-2026-live\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/live\/google-io-2026-live\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/live\/google-io-2026-live\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google I\/O 2026<\/a> as part of its massive slate of <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/ai-platforms-assistants\/google-i-o-2026-made-one-thing-clear-gemini-is-becoming-impossible-to-avoid\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/ai-platforms-assistants\/google-i-o-2026-made-one-thing-clear-gemini-is-becoming-impossible-to-avoid\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/ai-platforms-assistants\/google-i-o-2026-made-one-thing-clear-gemini-is-becoming-impossible-to-avoid\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">new Gemini features<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Omni is supposed to combine Gemini&#8217;s reasoning abilities with media creation tools that can generate and edit content across different formats.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-seasonal\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-6a96fa20-356a-4a4f-ace8-72ec270adc4b-2\">The first release, Gemini Omni Flash, focuses on video and arrives with an unusually ambitious goal. Google wants people to create content from nearly any kind of input, whether that starts with text, images, audio, or existing video.<\/p>\n<p>Latest Videos From<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/media\/img\/techradar_logo_v2.svg\" alt=\"\" class=\"block h-[18px] w-auto shrink-0 brightness-0 invert\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/media\/img\/techradar_logo_v2.svg\" alt=\"\" class=\"max-h-12 w-auto\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>            You may like<\/p>\n<p>Gemini Omni Flash is rolling out through the Gemini app, Google Flow, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/tag\/youtube\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/tag\/youtube\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/tag\/youtube\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> Shorts, and YouTube Create, with broader expansion planned later for developers and enterprise customers.<\/p>\n<p>Introducing Gemini Omni: Create Anything from Anything &#8211; YouTube<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779279614_174_maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Introducing Gemini Omni: Create Anything from Anything - YouTube\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"watch-on-youtube-KUyRq7szZsM\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/KUyRq7szZsM\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/KUyRq7szZsM\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Watch On <\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-59eb8720-4e11-4b18-b9c7-e2a63fea554a\">The announcement builds on work Google has already been doing with AI-generated visuals. In 2025, Nano Banana expanded Gemini\u2019s image capabilities and became a surprisingly practical tool for everything from restoring aging photographs to turning rough sketches into polished concepts.<\/p>\n<p>Gemini Omni is Google\u2019s attempt to push that idea much further. The company described Gemini Omni as a way to replace tradational editing software with a conversation that can continually refine a video.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-80d0a480-111c-41f1-a275-34a0d0e6aa0d\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/>Conversational editing<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-4832d3b1-0c2d-4ae5-b017-101c5125b838\">One of Gemini Omni\u2019s biggest ideas is removing complexity from editing. Google says users can modify videos through natural language while preserving consistency between changes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Sign up for breaking news, reviews, opinion, top tech deals, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Characters stay recognizable. Scenes maintain continuity. Motion remains coherent instead of resetting every time a prompt changes. The system is also designed to better understand how objects behave in the physical world, incorporating improved handling of motion, gravity, and movement dynamics.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s how the mirror above ripples like liquid when someone touches it, or how a sculpture can be made of bubbles. Google is trying to position Gemini Omni as something larger than a video generator.<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-02d3b488-067a-4649-aad5-31a33b586269\">That puts Google directly into a rapidly escalating competition around AI media tools. But it&#8217;s a race about who can make AI video tools feel intuitive enough that ordinary people actually want to use them, as much as anything else. Google\u2019s answer appears to be taking the conversational route.<\/p>\n<p>            What to read next<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, Google said Gemini Omni will go beyond video. Future versions are expected to support combinations of photos, prompts, music, and reference footage into a single project.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-0116ce19-e940-40c8-a3ba-dc06d84552ca\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/>Trusting AI creations<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-40d591fb-6f8e-45ae-9735-cb5280000380\">Powerful creative AI creates a challenge of trust, which Google acknowledged. The company is keen to highlight how videos created with Gemini Omni include SynthID watermarking technology intended to identify AI-generated media. The company also says verification tools will work across Gemini, Chrome, and Search as part of broader transparency efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Users will initially be able to create video avatars based on themselves, including their own voice. But more advanced capabilities involving speech modification remain under evaluation while Google works on safety considerations.<\/p>\n<p>That cautious approach reflects the increasingly awkward balancing act facing every major AI company. Building more capable systems doesn&#8217;t mean trust in them will be built in tandem.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqKAgKIiJDQklTRXdnTWFnOEtEWFJsWTJoeVlXUmhjaTVqYjIwb0FBUAE?hl=en-GB&amp;gl=GB&amp;ceid=GB%3Aen\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-c2d0a104-45f0-4ee5-8da3-da52d0cebf7c\" data-url=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqKAgKIiJDQklTRXdnTWFnOEtEWFJsWTJoeVlXUmhjaTVqYjIwb0FBUAE?hl=en-GB&amp;gl=GB&amp;ceid=GB%3Aen\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:31.51%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/diM9tpwF2Lz85R8q85CT78.jpg\" alt=\"Google logo on a black background next to text reading 'Click to follow TechRadar'\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/diM9tpwF2Lz85R8q85CT78.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/diM9tpwF2Lz85R8q85CT78.jpg\" class=\"rounded-[var(--image--border-radius,0)] pull-rightinline\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-2b79206e-21d7-4ba8-970a-9a0bedc2ba33\"><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqKAgKIiJDQklTRXdnTWFnOEtEWFJsWTJoeVlXUmhjaTVqYjIwb0FBUAE?hl=en-GB&amp;gl=GB&amp;ceid=GB%3Aen\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqKAgKIiJDQklTRXdnTWFnOEtEWFJsWTJoeVlXUmhjaTVqYjIwb0FBUAE?hl=en-GB&amp;gl=GB&amp;ceid=GB%3Aen\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Follow TechRadar on Google News<\/a> and <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=techradar.com\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=techradar.com\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">add us as a preferred source<\/a> to get our expert news, reviews, and opinion in your feeds.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763875814_869_hhZUEBD3xpcxphhUVzPa5G.png\" alt=\"Purple circle with the words Best business laptops in white\"   class=\"person__avatar image-wrapped__image image__image\" loading=\"lazy\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763875814_869_hhZUEBD3xpcxphhUVzPa5G.png\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763875814_869_hhZUEBD3xpcxphhUVzPa5G.png\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763875814_869_hhZUEBD3xpcxphhUVzPa5G.png\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-slice-image=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The best business laptops for all budgets<\/p>\n<p>Our top picks, based on real-world testing and comparisons<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Google introduced Gemini Omni FlashIt aims to make video creation easier by letting users refine projects naturally, rather&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":594282,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[554,733,4308,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-594281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=594281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594281\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/594282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=594281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=594281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}