Google Flow

3:35 Google Flow is Google's AI filmmaking tool, a web app (with an Android beta) where you generate video clips from text, frames or reference images and build them into scenes. As of Nov 6, 2026 it runs on Google's Gemini Omni Flash 1.2 and Veo 3.1 Lite video models and Nano Banana image models, and it is free to try: everyone gets 50 Flow credits a day, enough for about 16 seconds of 720p Omni video or five Veo 3.1 Lite clips. Paid Google AI plans add monthly credits: Pro 1,000, Ultra $100 10,000 and Ultra $200 25,000.

Pick Flow if you want Google's best video model, Gemini Omni (first on Arena's text-to-video leaderboard as of Nov 6, 2026), with a timeline, assets and an agent around it. Look elsewhere if you need longer single takes (Kling 4.0 does 30 seconds), an editor with many outside models (Runway or Luma), or a talking presenter (HeyGen, Synthesia).

Quick facts

Is Google Flow free?

Yes, with limits. Everyone, subscriber or not, receives 50 Flow credits each day; they do not roll over, and the next day's batch starts counting from your first generation (Google Flow Help). Without a subscription you get Omni Flash clips of up to 10 seconds and Veo 3.1 Lite, but video may be unavailable at peak hours, roughly 2 PM to 5 PM UTC. Many Google Workspace business and education plans include Flow with the same 50 daily credits at no extra charge (Google).

Plans and credits

Sources: Google Flow Help, read Nov 6, 2026, which names the Ultra tiers by price; Pro price from Dataconomy, May 20, 2026. Monthly credits reset with your billing cycle and do not roll over. Subscribers in supported regions except Japan can buy extra AI credits. Credits for a failed or blocked generation come back within an hour.

What does a clip cost?

Source: Google Flow Help, read Nov 6, 2026; Google says costs can change and shows the current price in the prompt box settings. A 10-second 720p Omni clip is 30 credits, so the free 50 daily credits cover one such clip a day.

Features

1:40 Gemini Omni Flash. Google introduced Omni at I/O on May 19, 2026, describing it as a model that makes video from any mix of inputs and edits clips through conversation, "like Nano Banana, but for video" (Google). In Flow it does text to video, frames to video, ingredients (reference images) to video and video to video editing, at 360p for cheap drafts or 720p, with custom voices (Google Flow Help).

2:30 Scenes and editing. Flow began as a successor to Google's VideoFX experiment with camera controls, Scenebuilder for editing and extending shots, and asset management for characters and prompts (Google, May 20, 2025). Since Oct 2025 its ingredients, frames and extend features also make sound, and Insert adds new objects to a shot (Google).

0:53 Flow Agent and Tools. The Google Flow Agent plans multi-step tasks, makes variations, batch-edits assets and organizes them into collections, for all users. Flow Tools are custom workflows written in plain language that others can remix; all users can run them, and subscribers can create them (Google, May 19, 2026).

6:35 Avatars and Flow Music. Flow lets you make an avatar of yourself to use in clips, and Flow Music, a sister app on Lyria 3 Pro, writes songs and music videos with Omni (Google Flow Help).

Flow TV. A public showcase of clips made with Google's models, showing the prompt behind each one.

History

• May 20, 2025: Flow launches with Veo 3 for Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers in the US (Google).
• Oct 15, 2025: Veo 3.1 arrives; Google says Flow has made over 275 million videos in five months (Google).
• May 19, 2026: Gemini Omni Flash, Flow Agent, Flow Tools and the Flow mobile apps (Google).
• Nov 5, 2026: Veo Extend retired; extending now needs a subscription and Omni Flash 1.2.
• Dec 5, 2026: Veo 3.1 Fast, Veo 3.1 Quality and Omni Flash 1.1 retire (announced) (Google).

Google Flow vs the alternatives

Runway is a full creative suite with its own Gen-4.5 and Aleph 2.0 models plus Kling and Seedance, from $15 a month; pick it for video editing tools and a choice of outside models. Its Gen-4.5 ranks 29th on Arena's text-to-video board to Omni 1.2 Flash's 1st.

Luma bundles its Ray3.2 model with Veo 3.1, Kling, Seedance and Gemini Omni Flash behind creative agents, but costs $30 a month at the least.

Kling 4.0 makes up to 30 seconds in one pass, twice Flow's 15-second Omni limit.

Sora, OpenAI's rival app, closed on Apr 26, 2026.

Frequently asked questions

Is Google Flow free? Yes. As of Nov 6, 2026 everyone gets 50 Google Flow credits a day, enough for one 10-second 720p Gemini Omni clip or five Veo 3.1 Lite clips; paid Google AI plans add 200 to 25,000 credits a month.

How many credits do you get with Google AI Pro in Flow? Google AI Pro adds 1,000 Flow credits a month on top of the 50 daily credits; Ultra $100 adds 10,000 and Ultra $200 adds 25,000, as of Nov 6, 2026.

Which models does Google Flow use? Google Flow uses Gemini Omni Flash 1.2 and Veo 3.1 Lite for video and Nano Banana Pro, 2.1 and 2 Lite for images; Veo 3.1 Fast, Veo 3.1 Quality and Omni Flash 1.1 leave on Dec 5, 2026.

How long can a Google Flow video be? A single Gemini Omni clip is up to 10 seconds without a subscription and up to 15 seconds with one; subscribers can extend clips by 3 to 10 seconds at a time.

Is there a Google Flow app? Yes. Google released a Flow app for Android in beta on May 19, 2026 and said iOS would follow; the web version on a computer has the full feature set.

Does Google Flow add a watermark? Every Google Flow output carries an invisible SynthID watermark; a visible watermark is optional except for some users in India, South Korea and Vietnam.

Sources

• Get started with Google Flow, Google Flow Help, read Nov 6, 2026
• Manage your Google Flow credits, Google Flow Help, read Nov 6, 2026
• Google Flow models and supported features, Google Flow Help, read Nov 6, 2026
• Where you can use Google Flow, Google Flow Help, read Nov 6, 2026
• Flow, AI filmmaking with Veo 3 (launch post), Google, May 20, 2025
• Veo 3.1 and new Flow capabilities (announcement), Google, Oct 15, 2025
• Google Flow updates at I/O 2026, Google, May 19, 2026
• Google AI Ultra plan price cut, Dataconomy, May 20, 2026
• Text-to-video leaderboard, Arena, read Nov 6, 2026
• Pricing, Runway, read Nov 6, 2026
• Pricing, Luma AI, read Nov 6, 2026
• How to Use Google Flow (Step-by-Step Tutorial), Kevin Stratvert, Jul 7, 2026 (video)
• Create with Flow | How to use Google’s AI Creative Studio, Google, Mar 4, 2026 (video)