Google Unveils Gemini Omni—A Next-Gen AI Video Builder That Can 'Simulate the World' - Decrypt

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Google introduced Gemini Omni at I/O 2026 as a multimodal AI model designed to generate video and other media from nearly any input.

DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis said Gemini Omni combines Gemini with media-generation models including Veo, Nano Banana, and Genie.

Gemini Omni Flash is launching first through Flow and Flow Music for Google AI subscribers.

Google on Tuesday introduced Gemini Omni, a new multimodal AI model that combines the company’s Gemini AI models with its media-generation tools, including Veo, Nano Banana, and Genie.The announcement came during Google I/O 2026, where DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis described Gemini Omni as “our new model that can create anything from any input.”“It combines Gemini's intelligence with the best of our generative media models for a new level of world understanding, multimodality, and editing,” Hassabis said.Google said the first release, Gemini Omni Flash, will launch through Flow, the company’s AI filmmaking platform, and Flow Music, which focuses on AI-assisted music creation.