Google Vids Opens Free Gemini Omni 1.1 Video Generation: Who Can Use It, How to Read the Quota, and What to Know First

In the early hours of September 24, 2026, Taipei time (September 23, 2026, US time), Google's official blog announced that anyone with a Google account or a Google Workspace account can now generate high-quality video clips for free in Google Vids, using the latest Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash model and new creative controls. To try it, visit vids.new on desktop and select "Create AI videos"; this announcement does not say whether it works on phones or tablets. The regional question Taiwanese readers care about most: the feature is available "in all countries and regions where Google Workspace accounts are available," with no country list and no mention of Taiwan by name; the most reliable way to check is to sign in and see whether "Create AI videos" appears on the getting-started screen.

This article's sources were checked on September 26, 2026. Google's own promotional language in this announcement — "free," "most advanced" — is the vendor's own framing; this article does not recommend which account or plan to buy, and the regions, quotas and features described here may change later.

What Google Announced

This announcement was published simultaneously on Google's official blog and Google Workspace Updates. Google says this brings "Google's most advanced AI" into Google Vids, letting ordinary people make videos without professional editing skills or a big budget — this is Google's own description.

Three creative controls launched alongside this update: first, extending a scene while keeping the visual context, lighting, characters' appearance and the environment consistent — Google's own description; second, setting the exact duration of a generated clip so it lines up with the story and voiceover, in a range of 3 to 10 seconds; third, generating brand-new AI video scenes in 1080p, or upscaling existing AI clips to 1080p.

Every clip generated with Omni 1.1 in Google Vids has an imperceptible SynthID digital watermark embedded in it; Google says this lets viewers verify that content was AI-generated, but does not say how or where to verify it. Mentioning SynthID here does not mean it satisfies any country's or region's AI-labeling regulations.

What It Can Actually Do, and the Specs

The specs for generated clips are: a 24fps frame rate, 720p and 1080p resolution, 16:9 landscape or 9:16 portrait; the length is selectable, in a range of 3 to 10 seconds.

There are several ways to generate: you can create a new clip from a text prompt with reference images or avatars, animate a static image, edit a video you've uploaded, or extend an existing clip with more action. When generating a new clip, you can upload up to 7 reference images — Google's help page calls these "ingredients."

The generation history only lasts for that session: closing the Google Vids tab makes it disappear; to access or edit a generated clip after that session, you need to insert it into your Vid first.

Who Can Use It, and Where

On the consumer side, Google Workspace Updates lists personal Google account users, along with Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers, as eligible.

On the Workspace side, the listed editions include Business Starter, Standard and Plus; Enterprise Starter, Standard and Plus; and also Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Essentials Plus, Nonprofits and Individual, among others; users with an AI Expanded Access add-on license get a higher usage limit. Google Workspace Frontline explicitly does not include Gemini features in Vids. Whether a work or school account can use Google Vids, or use generative AI features at all, is decided by that organization's admin — this update itself has no separate admin control.

On rollout pace: for the Rapid Release and Scheduled Release Workspace domains, Google says the full rollout starts on September 23, with 1 to 3 days for the feature to become visible; this line only covers Workspace domains — the rollout pace for personal Google accounts is not stated separately.

On language and age: many of Vids' AI features currently only support English, and the help page does not separately list which prompt languages are supported for AI video clip generation; none of the four official documents say whether Chinese-language prompts work, or whether there is an age limit for this feature.

How to Read the Free Quota

Free doesn't mean unlimited. Google's official blog itself does not give a number for the free tier's quota — it just points personal-account users who want more generation capacity to Google AI plans; this article does not state any prices or advise whether to subscribe.

The "AI usage" help page that Google names in its Workspace Updates announcement says, for personal Google accounts: up to 6 AI video clips per month, combined with AI avatars, and AI video editing may also have some restrictions; personal accounts also have several other AI features billed in credits — 50 credits per month, resetting at 12:00 AM Pacific Time on the first of each month, which can't be shared with anyone else and doesn't roll over to the next month; the quotas and features are subject to change.

The other generation help page named in the same announcement is worded differently: "Most users can generate up to 50 videos per month," also resetting at 12:00 AM Pacific Time on the first of the month; with Google AI Pro or Ultra and family sharing turned on, that monthly limit is shared across the family. As of September 26, 2026, the two official pages simply disagree, and neither explains the difference; this article lists both numbers rather than picking one as the only free quota.

For Business and Enterprise plans, and for Google AI Pro and Ultra, the AI video clip quota is counted in seconds instead: the help page's default figure at the top of the table is up to 500 seconds per month, and the actual number of seconds varies by plan; users with an AI Expanded Access add-on license get a higher limit, and that figure is also listed in the help page's table.

Restrictions and Reminders Before You Start

In this Vids announcement, Google says Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite text-to-speech voiceover is "Coming soon," and that it will eventually turn any script into a voiceover in 100+ languages; the announcement does not give a formal launch date.

The generation help page has a separate regional restriction on the "upload your own video to edit" feature: users in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, and the US states of Illinois and Texas cannot use this feature to upload and edit videos — they can only edit AI-generated videos already in their generation history; if an uploaded video is over 10 seconds, only the last 10 seconds will be edited. This restriction does not mean those regions can't use Omni to generate new clips, and it can't be read backwards as proof that "every feature works in Taiwan."

Personal Google accounts can only use preset AI avatars, not custom ones; using an avatar as a reference "ingredient" is limited to English and to specific listed plans — on the consumer side, only Google AI Pro and Google AI Ultra are listed, and it's noted as US-only; personal free accounts are not on that list.

On usage policy: Omni-generated clips are made with generative AI, and using this feature is subject to Google's Generative AI Prohibited Use Policy; the help page also states that "generated images and videos are for use only within Vids" — this article only quotes that line and attributes it, without reading it as a license term for what happens to exported video. Generated content may also not represent real-world situations.

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