Gemini Omni
Ranked 4 of 9 AI video generators by recommenders
Google's video model, praised for realistic, high-quality clips and quick low-resolution previews; critics point to physics and geometry errors and say it trails Seedance 2.0.
Google's video model, praised for realistic, high-quality clips and quick low-resolution previews; critics point to physics and geometry errors and say it trails Seedance 2.0.
37 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 16
- criticize it
- 21
- approval share
- 43%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 16 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 0.7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Strong video quality, realistic results
“So it's really good, and we have reason to believe, never again, anything that happens in a video.”
Comment from 19 May 2026 in “Gemini Omni” “Veo and omni simply were better than Sora”
Comment from 27 Aug 2026 in “Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Physics and geometry errors in videos
“Such videos are essentially dreams: how it feels that the planks should move, not what equations of rigid body physics would compute.”
Comment from 19 May 2026 in “Gemini Omni” “Classic 3d simulation artifact with boundary conditions. I remember for an assignment where I had to model liquid with rigid bodies”
Comment from 20 May 2026 in “Gemini Omni” “It gave me a video of where bricks suddenly disapper or morph into others”
Comment from 19 May 2026 in “Gemini Omni” - Comment from 19 May 2026 in “Gemini Omni”
- Comment from 19 May 2026 in “Gemini Omni”
Trails Seedance 2.0 in performance
“I can't find anything google omni flash does better than Seedance from running a handful of samples through the system.”
Comment from 19 May 2026 in “Gemini Omni” “the performance of Gemini Omni Flash is still not as good as Seedance 2.0”
Comment from 20 May 2026 in “Gemini Omni” “Anyone who had used seedance 2.0 a bit can tell Gemini is a bit behind”
Comment from 19 May 2026 in “Gemini Omni” Uncanny, robotic human figures
“I'm still getting major uncanny valley from any of the videos featuring humans”
Comment from 27 Aug 2026 in “Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash” “Looks very robotic / lifeless for me. And the sound-mixing is very off.”
Comment from 27 Aug 2026 in “Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash” Video output limited; no audio sync
“Omni Flash, last I tried and read the docs, is video and text out on consumer and prosumer but video out only on GCP.”
Comment from 23 Sep 2026 in “Gemini 3.8 text-to-speech” “it (and this one) can't do the one practical thing I want - Sync generated video to provided pre-existing audio”
Comment from 27 Aug 2026 in “Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash”
Other AI video generators people recommend
The four most recommended other AI video generators, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seedance 2.0 | 68 | 21 | 76% | 10 | — | Approved |
| MiniMax H3 | 29 | 11 | 73% | 3 | — | — |
| Google Veo | 20 | 11 | 65% | 8 | — | — |
| Gemini OmniThis page | 16 | 21 | 43% | 2 | — | — |
| Wan video model | 15 | 4 | 79% | 7 | — | Approved |
What people said
31 of the 37 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Omni Flash, last I tried and read the docs, is video and text out on consumer and prosumer but video out only on GCP.”
“the details hold up under scrutiny”
“their webpage is just horrible. They seems to have focus only on mobile reading, on desktop its a mess.”
“This is a great idea, to have a low-resolution mode for additional speed to create previews, do test runs, create rapid prototypes, etc.”
“you're quickly disappointed after you run the same prompt at standard resolution only to get a different result because it's non deterministic”
“Kids love image and video generation! The former is cheap enough to do just because it is fun.”
“it (and this one) can't do the one practical thing I want - Sync generated video to provided pre-existing audio”
“Veo and omni simply were better than Sora”
“it fails the 'how can this enrich life' in a way most other AI tools don't”
“If you're using any of these generated videos in any professional setting, I don't think I will be able to ever use your business.”
“Looks very robotic / lifeless for me. And the sound-mixing is very off.”
“I'm still getting major uncanny valley from any of the videos featuring humans”
“It's also great at consistency and editing. Probably SotA in editing.”
“A lot of confusing and competing product lines.”
“the performance of Gemini Omni Flash is still not as good as Seedance 2.0”
“the website crashes on my iPhone 13 iOS Chrome lol”
“Classic 3d simulation artifact with boundary conditions. I remember for an assignment where I had to model liquid with rigid bodies”
“From an artistic perspective I thought all of these examples on the site look bad.”
“performs worse than 3.1 Flash Lite Preview (22/25), is slower (367s vs 142s) and is more expensive (75c vs 2c)”
“At the end of the zigzag track, the marble jumps up for no reason.”
“doesn't actually fill it with seahorses like the previous models”
“subtle spatial errors, and geometry that changes as it goes out of sight”
“Anyone who had used seedance 2.0 a bit can tell Gemini is a bit behind”
“Such videos are essentially dreams: how it feels that the planks should move, not what equations of rigid body physics would compute.”
“It gave me a video of where bricks suddenly disapper or morph into others”
“Pure artificial stupidity”
“It keeps crashing my browser as well.”
“Google often does this - they show it off and forget to give it to you.”
“I can't find anything google omni flash does better than Seedance from running a handful of samples through the system.”
“So it's really good, and we have reason to believe, never again, anything that happens in a video.”
“Google, building great AI that nobody can try out.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.