Gemini API Updates & Release Notes

• Gemini Omni Flash generally available (GA): Released gemini-omni-1.1-flash, the GA version of our fast, conversational video generation and editing model. This release includes significant new capabilities:
  • Video extension: Seamlessly extend existing videos by generating continuations at the end of a clip using the extend task or directly with a prompt.
  • Interpolation (first + last frame): Generate a video transitioning between two images using the image_to_video task with up to 2 images.
  • Resolution control: New resolution parameter in video_config supports 360p, 720p (default), 1080p, and 4k outputs. 1080p and 4K outputs are generated using upscaling.

The existing gemini-omni-flash-preview endpoint will be deprecated on September 30, 2026.

To get started, see the Gemini Omni Flash model page and the omni guide.

Gemini 3.5 Transcribe generally available (GA)

Released two dedicated speech-to-text models based on Gemini's audio understanding:

• Gemini 3.5 Transcribe (gemini-3.5-transcribe): High-accuracy, low-latency non-streaming speech-to-text with utterance-based language detection across 85+ languages, speaker diarization, word-level timestamps, and custom vocabulary biasing (up to 1,000 terms).
• Gemini 3.5 Transcribe Live (gemini-3.5-transcribe-live): Low-latency, bidirectional streaming speech-to-text over WebSockets using the Live API, supporting interim and finalized transcription events, Smart transcription mode, and multiple Voice Activity Detection (VAD) strategies.

To get started, see the Audio transcription guide, the Live transcription guide, and the Gemini 3.5 Transcribe model page.

Gemini Robotics ER 2 in public preview

Released two new embodied reasoning model endpoints for robotics:

• gemini-robotics-er-2-preview: Advanced spatial reasoning, agentic code execution, multi-step tool orchestration, video moment finding, progress classification, and multi-robot coordination.
• gemini-robotics-er-2-streaming-preview: Optimized for real-time text streaming using the Live API, enabling low-latency robot agents with bidirectional audio and video input.

Both model endpoints accept text, image, video, and audio inputs and support function calling with blocking behavior for physical robot actions. To get started, see the Gemini Robotics ER overview. For real-time streaming use cases, see Robotics with streaming.

Deprecation announcement

The gemini-robotics-er-1.6-preview model will be shut down on August 31, 2026.

Gemini 3.6 Flash and Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite generally available (GA)

Released stable, production-ready versions of our latest 3.x Flash models:

• Gemini 3.6 Flash (gemini-3.6-flash): Features improved token efficiency and code/agentic planning capabilities at a lower price point than 3.5 Flash, resolving developer feedback around output verbosity.
• Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite (gemini-3.5-flash-lite): Offers a low-latency, highly cost-effective subagent option designed for high-volume automation.

To learn more, see the Latest Gemini model guide.

Deprecated parameters

The sampling parameters temperature, top_p, and top_k are now deprecated. See the Latest Gemini Model for details.

• Gemini Omni Flash in public preview: Released gemini-omni-flash-preview, a high-performance multimodal model designed for high-speed video generation and conversational video editing. Using the Interactions API, you can generate 3–10 second videos at 720p from text descriptions or animate still images, and then conversationally edit and refine the outputs. To get started, see the Gemini Omni Flash guide and the Gemini Omni Flash model card.

• Released gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image (Nano Banana Lite) to general availability (GA), our built-in multimodal model optimized for ultra-low latency and cost-effective image generation and editing. See the Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image model card and the Image generation guide.

Released gemini-3.1-flash-image (Nano Banana 2) and gemini-3-pro-image (Nano Banana Pro), the generally available (GA) versions of our native visual models, Gemini 3.1 Flash Image and Gemini 3.1 Pro Image.

• Video-to-image generation support: You can now pass a video file (via direct upload or as a public YouTube URL) as multimodal context alongside a text prompt to generate high-quality thumbnails, cinematic movie posters, or summary infographics. This feature is supported exclusively on the gemini-3.1-flash-image model. To learn more, see the Video-to-image generation guide.
• Deprecation announcement: The gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview and gemini-3-pro-image-preview models are deprecated and will be shut down on June 25, 2026.