Google Gemini: News & Updates

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Deep Research is now available on Gemini 2.5 Pro experimental.

Gemini Advanced subscribers can now use Deep Research with Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental, the world’s most capable AI model according to industry reasoning benchmarks and Chatbot Arena.

Gemini Deep Research is your personal AI research assistant, and with our most intelligent model, it’s even better at every step of the research process. In our testing, raters preferred the reports generated by Gemini Deep Research powered by 2.5 Pro over other leading deep research providers by more than a 2-to-1 margin.

Users testing Deep Research on our latest model are reporting a noticeable improvement in analytical reasoning, information synthesis and generating even more insightful research reports. Ge

mini Advanced users can access it across the web, Android and iOS to generate detailed, easy-to-read reports on just about any research topic, saving hours of time. And don’t forget to try out our Audio Overviews feature where you can turn your report into a podcast-style conversation to hear on the go. Learn more on our website, and try it now by selecting Gemini 2.5 Pro (experimental) from the drop down and tapping “Deep Research” in the prompt bar.

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Gemini app rolling out Veo 2 video generation for Advanced users

Following images and audio, Google is bringing video generation powered by its Veo 2 model to the Gemini app if you’re an Advanced subscriber.

Announced at the end of last year, Veo 2 touts “fluid character movement, lifelike scenes, and finer visual details across diverse subjects and styles,” as well as “cinematic realism,” thanks to an understanding of real-world physics and human motion.

In Gemini, Veo 2 can create eight-second video clips at 720p resolution. Specifically, you’ll get an MP4 download in a 16:9 landscape format. There’s also the ability to share via a g.co/gemini/share/ link. To enter your prompt, select Veo 2 from the model dropdown on the web and mobile apps.

Just describe the scene you want to create: “The more detailed your description, the more control you have over the final video.” It takes 1-2 minutes for the clip to generate.

This opens up a world of fun creative possibilities, letting your imagination go wild to picture unreal combinations, explore varied visual styles from realism to fantasy, or quickly narrate short visual ideas.
Some example prompts and outputs (that we generated) include:

• “small puppy running through a garden filled with thick snow in the early morning sun”

• “a kitten being introduced to the beach, specifically near the water, and then getting surprised as a wave crashes nearby”

Aerial shot of a grassy cliff onto a sandy beach where waves crash against the shore, a prominent sea stack rises from the ocean near the beach, bathed in the warm, golden light of either sunrise or sunset, capturing the dramatic elevation change and the serene beauty of the Pacific coastline.”

On the safety front, each frame features a SynthID digital watermark.

Only available to Gemini Advanced subscribers ($19.99 per month), there is a “monthly limit” on how many videos you can generate, with Google notifying users when they’re close. It is rolling out globally — in all languages supported by Gemini — starting today and will be fully available in the coming weeks.

Meanwhile, Google One AI Premium subscribers now have access to Veo 2 generation in Whisk. Announced in December, this Google Labs experiment lets you “prompt with images” instead of text. What’s new today is the ability to “Whisk Animate” wherein the images you create can be turned “into vivid eight-second videos with Veo 2.”

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Gemini app moves Veo 2 to prompt bar, more web tweaks

As the rollout continues, Google is making Veo 2 more prominent in Gemini’s prompt bar, with the web app also seeing other tweaks today.

Gemini has moved Veo 2 from the model picker to the “prompt bar” — as Google has previously called it — alongside Deep Research and Canvas. Each has an icon and hovering over provides a description:

• Deep Research: Get in-depth answers
• Canvas: Create docs and code
• Veo 2: Generate videos from text

Tapping changes the prompt bar hint from “Ask Gemini” to “Describe your video.” This makes more sense than having Veo 2 appear alongside the other general-purpose models, while shortening that picker. On desktop web, this approach aids visibility with a lot of horizontal space before needing to implement a carousel. That said, on mobile, the screen is not wide enough and Veo 2 is behind an overflow menu.

Meanwhile, Gemini today updated the desktop ‘plus’ menu. “Image” has been combined with “Upload files,” while it’s now “Add from Drive.” “Code folder” is unchanged from before. On mobile web, you have the “Camera” shortcut.

There are currently no changes to the Android and iOS apps.

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