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Gemini can watch your video, and Gemini Omni changes short clips by generating new footage
Updated
Yes, in two ways, as of November 2026. Gemini can watch a video and answer questions about it, and Gemini Omni can change a clip of up to 15 seconds by generating a new version.
In short
- Gemini can watch a video you upload and tell you what's in it, but it gives you text back, not an edited file.
- Gemini Omni edits clips of up to 15 seconds by generating a changed picture, such as a new background or new lighting.
- Google says editing the speech in a video is still being tested, and every Omni video carries a SynthID watermark.
- For a longer clip of you talking, you want your own face and voice kept and the slow parts cut, which is an editor's job.
Can Gemini edit videos?
Gemini does two different things with video. The Gemini app and API watch a video and answer questions about it. Gemini Omni is a separate model that changes short clips by generating them.
Neither one cuts a long clip for you, as far as Google's own posts describe. Here is what each does, from Google's pages as of November 2026.
- The Gemini app takes videos up to 5 minutes in total, or 1 hour on Google AI Pro or Ultra. Each video can be up to 2 GB.
- Through the Gemini API, Google says models can watch videos up to 3 hours long at low resolution and point to timestamps.
- Gemini Omni changes clips of up to 15 seconds with Omni 1.2 Flash, released on 5 November 2026.
- Adobe in Gemini adds tools from Photoshop, Lightroom, Express and Firefly. Adobe doesn't list Premiere for Gemini.
What Gemini does with a video, as of November 2026
From Google's and Adobe's own pages, read on 12 November 2026.
| Job | Can Gemini do it? | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Watch a video and answer questions | Yes | Gemini app and API |
| Change what's in a short clip | Yes, up to 15 seconds | Gemini Omni |
| Edit the speech in a clip | Still being tested | Gemini Omni |
| Cut ums and pauses from a long clip | Not in Google's posts | Not described |
| Add captions to your clip | Not in Google's posts | Not described |
Job: Watch a video and answer questions
- Can Gemini do it?
- Yes
- Where
- Gemini app and API
Job: Change what's in a short clip
- Can Gemini do it?
- Yes, up to 15 seconds
- Where
- Gemini Omni
Job: Edit the speech in a clip
- Can Gemini do it?
- Still being tested
- Where
- Gemini Omni
Job: Cut ums and pauses from a long clip
- Can Gemini do it?
- Not in Google's posts
- Where
- Not described
Job: Add captions to your clip
- Can Gemini do it?
- Not in Google's posts
- Where
- Not described
What Gemini Omni changes in a clip
Gemini Omni changes a clip when you describe the change in words. You can keep asking for more changes, one turn at a time.
Google's examples change what is in the picture, not how long the clip is or what the person says.
- Omni can swap a product or the background, change the lighting or the weather, or switch the aspect ratio.
- Google's own examples also move the camera angle, make objects disappear and change what a person does.
- Clips can be up to 15 seconds long with Omni 1.2 Flash, up from 10 seconds with Omni 1.1.
- Omni is in the Gemini app and Flow for Google AI Plus, Pro and Ultra subscribers. Google says it's free on YouTube Shorts and the YouTube Create app.
- 15-second videos in the Gemini app are rolling out to Google AI Ultra subscribers first. Developers pay $0.07 per second at 720p.
- Every video made with Omni carries Google's invisible SynthID watermark.
How Cutroom's Magic Editor edits a video like this
Jacob is the AI editor inside Cutroom's Magic Editor: it edits your video for you, then changes it when you ask in a chat.
The 4 styles, as example edits
Steps
Three steps, four angles
Skit
Hook, hard stop, demo card
Verdict
The tester's verdict
Poster
Typography does the talking
Hover or tap an example to play it, without sound. These are example edits of each style; the presenters in them are generated with AI.
- Your take: one video of you talking, up to 3 minutes
- Your style: one of 4: Steps, Skit, Verdict or Poster
- Your files: screenshots, a screen recording or a logo, if you have them
- Your goal: what the video is for, in a few words, if you like
- Jacob makes it: normally 10 to 15 minutes, and you get an email
- Your edit: ask Jacob for changes in a chat, then export
Then you ask Jacob, for example
- “Make this about 10 seconds shorter”
- “Put a clip on the strongest sentence”
- “Change the music to something calmer”
Each change is a new version, and going back is free. First cut 250 credits, each change 40, questions free, export 30 credits per started minute.
Cutting your clip or regenerating it: the difference
Omni makes a new version of the picture. That's great for a product shot or a scene you want to change.
A video of you talking needs the opposite. You want your own face and voice, with the ums and long pauses taken out and captions added.
- Pick Omni when you want something in the picture to change, such as the background behind a product.
- Pick an editor when the picture is fine and the video is too long, too slow or has no captions.
Gemini Omni and an editor that cuts your clip
Gemini Omni facts from Google's posts as of November 2026. Cutroom facts from the Magic Editor.
What you give it
- Gemini Omni
- A clip and a change in words
- Cutroom's Magic Editor
- One clip of you talking, up to 3 minutes
What it does
- Gemini Omni
- Generates a changed version of the clip
- Cutroom's Magic Editor
- Cuts your ums, repeats and long pauses, then adds captions and b-roll
Longest clip
- Gemini Omni
- 15 seconds
- Cutroom's Magic Editor
- 3 minutes
Your voice
- Gemini Omni
- Speech editing is still being tested
- Cutroom's Magic Editor
- Your own voice, with words cut and never re-spoken
Changes by chat
- Gemini Omni
- Yes, turn by turn
- Cutroom's Magic Editor
- Yes, and every change is a new version
What you get back
- Gemini Omni
- A clip with a SynthID watermark
- Cutroom's Magic Editor
- A vertical MP4, 1080 by 1920
| Gemini Omni | Cutroom's Magic Editor | |
|---|---|---|
| What you give it | A clip and a change in words | One clip of you talking, up to 3 minutes |
| What it does | Generates a changed version of the clip | Cuts your ums, repeats and long pauses, then adds captions and b-roll |
| Longest clip | 15 seconds | 3 minutes |
| Your voice | Speech editing is still being tested | Your own voice, with words cut and never re-spoken |
| Changes by chat | Yes, turn by turn | Yes, and every change is a new version |
| What you get back | A clip with a SynthID watermark | A vertical MP4, 1080 by 1920 |
Editing a longer clip of you talking
A clip of you talking that runs past 15 seconds needs an editor, not a generator. Cutroom's Magic Editor is one built for exactly this clip.
You upload the clip, pick one of four styles and press one button. Jacob, its AI editor, cuts it, adds captions, b-roll and music, and you change the result in plain words.
- Cutroom's Magic Editor turns one clip of you talking into a finished vertical video: Jacob, its AI editor, makes the whole edit, and you change it by asking in a chat.
- It normally takes 10 to 15 minutes, and you get an email when your first cut is ready.
- Every change Jacob makes is a new version. The earlier versions stay, and going back to one is free. A question such as "Why did you cut what you cut?" is free, up to 20 a day.
- It takes one clip up to 3 minutes and gives back one vertical MP4 at 1080 by 1920. You post it yourself.
- It never generates new footage of you. Your face and voice stay as you filmed them.
- Cutroom is not affiliated with OpenAI, Anthropic or Google.
A home baker's kitchen tip, before and after
Drawn in the Poster style: big stacked words and a neon number, no screenshots needed.
Drawing of an example clip, not a customer video
Before · the clip as filmed
A 40-second phone video of a home baker talking to camera in her kitchen
“So, um, the one thing that fixed my bread was a warmer spot in the kitchen. My starter, my starter doubles in four hours now, … (pause) not twelve.”
struck through = what Jacob cuts
After · Jacob's first edit, Poster style
“The one thing that fixed my bread was a warmer spot in the kitchen. doubles in four hours now, not twelve.”
- On “warmer”: the word warmer stacked big over you
- On “kitchen”: a b-roll clip of a kitchen counter from stock
- On “four”: the number four in neon
- Under the whole video: captions timed to your voice, and quiet music under it
Then you ask Jacob
- “Keep my pauses, it feels too rushed”v2the same edit with your own pauses kept
- “Change the music to something calmer”v3the same edit with a calmer music track
Which one to use for your video
It depends on what you want to change: the picture, the length, or nothing at all.
Which one to use
Choose The Gemini app if you want a summary of a video, ideas for it or answers about what's in it.
Choose Gemini Omni if you want to change what's in a short clip, such as the background, the lighting or a product.
Choose A regular video editor if your video is longer than a few minutes, wide, or has several clips to join.
Choose Cutroom if you filmed yourself talking and want a finished vertical video with captions. Your first video is free.
Questions people ask
- Can Gemini edit a video I upload?
- Not by cutting it. The Gemini app watches a video you upload and answers questions about it. Gemini Omni can change a clip of up to 15 seconds by generating a new version, as of November 2026.
- Is Gemini Omni free?
- On YouTube Shorts and the YouTube Create app, Google says yes. In the Gemini app and Flow it's for Google AI Plus, Pro and Ultra subscribers. Developers pay $0.07 per second of 720p video through the API.
- How long can a Gemini Omni video be?
- Up to 15 seconds with Omni 1.2 Flash, up from 10 seconds with Omni 1.1, per Google's post of 5 November 2026. In the Gemini app, 15-second videos are rolling out to Google AI Ultra subscribers first.
- Can Gemini remove ums or add captions to my video?
- Google's posts don't describe either one. Gemini can describe your video, but it gives that back as text. Google also says editing the speech in a video is still being tested.
- Does Gemini Omni add a watermark?
- Yes. Google says every video made with Omni carries its invisible SynthID watermark.
- How long a video can Gemini watch?
- In the Gemini app, up to 5 minutes of video in total, or 1 hour on Google AI Pro or Ultra, with each video up to 2 GB. Through the API, Google says up to 3 hours at low resolution.
Filmed yourself talking and want it edited, not regenerated? Upload the clip and Jacob makes the whole edit. Your first video is free.