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Google Flow AI video editing & music tools getting dedicated apps and Omni upgrades - 9to5Google

Google just shipped dedicated apps for Flow — its AI video and music generation suite. Gemini Omni now turns images, audio, and text into video in one model.

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Google is expanding its AI creativity tools beyond experimental features into standalone products, signaling confidence in multimodal video generation as a mainstream use case for creators and developers.

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  1. Google Flow getting dedicated apps

  2. Google Flow Music getting dedicated apps

  3. Gemini Omni multimodal capabilities: images + audio + text → video

  4. Integration with Omni model

  5. Published May 19, 2026

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Publisher excerpt: Google Flow AI video editing & music tools getting dedicated apps and Omni upgrades 9to5Google Introducing Gemini Omni blog.google Gemini Omni is Google's new world model, with advanced AI video generation capabilities Mashable Google Doubles Down on AI Creativity With Updates Coming to Flow and…
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