# Google Veo (slim)

> Google's Veo video models through the Gemini API (predictLongRunning) and Vertex AI.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-veo.md (~6,550 tokens) · this version ~1,480 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-veo.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-veo
- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · Updated: 2026-10-04

**C · 60.8/100 · rank #240 of 452 · #3 in Video generation · not agent-ready · confidence medium**


Assessment: Audio on every Veo 3.1 clip, up to 4K on Veo 3.1 and Fast. All three Veo 3.1 previews shut down on the Gemini API on 2026-10-22.

## Facts

- Kind: Model API · vendor: Google · category: Video generation · legal entity: Google LLC · provenance 100/100
- Endpoint: `https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta` (HTTP)
- Auth: API key · pricing: Pay per use · x402: no · licence: Apache-2.0 (SDKs)
- Probe metrics: not measured yet (probes haven't run)
- Models: veo-3.1-generate-preview, veo-3.1-fast-generate-preview, veo-3.1-lite-generate-preview on the Gemini API. GA Veo models on Vertex AI (Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform)
- Max clip length: 4, 6 or 8 seconds per call. Extension adds 7 seconds up to 20 times (not on Lite, 720p only)
- Resolution: 720p, 1080p and 4K (4K not on Lite). 16:9 or 9:16
- Audio: Native audio on every clip, always on
- Typical job time: 11 seconds to 6 minutes at peak
- Output retention: Videos deleted from the server after 2 days
- Watermark: SynthID on every video
- Free tier: None. Paid only
- Rate limits: By Gemini API usage tier, set by spend and account age
- Prices: Veo 3.1 720p or 1080p $0.40 per second of video; Veo 3.1 4K $0.60 per second of video; Veo 3.1 Fast 720p $0.10 per second of video; Veo 3.1 Fast 1080p $0.12 per second of video; Veo 3.1 Fast 4K $0.30 per second of video; Veo 3.1 Lite 720p $0.05 per second of video; Veo 3.1 Lite 1080p $0.08 per second of video
- 2026-06-30 Shutdown: `veo-2.0-generate-001`, `veo-3.0-generate-001` and `veo-3.0-fast-generate-001` shut down
- 2026-10-22 Shutdown: `veo-3.1-generate-preview`, `veo-3.1-fast-generate-preview` and `veo-3.1-lite-generate-preview` shut down, replacement `gemini-omni-1.1-flash`

- Scores: Reliability 45, Performance pending, Schema & documentation 71, Agent ergonomics 64, Security & auth 78, Payments & pricing 20, Task success pending, Maintenance & community 77, Transparency & trust 80 · total over the 7 assessed categories
- Why: Reliability, AI Studio has a status page for the Gemini API, and a third-party monitor tracks three components on it (20). · Schema & documentation, The public Discovery document (revision 20260930) defines PredictLongRunningRequest, but Veo's inputs travel as untyped `instances` and… · Agent ergonomics, The create call returns a small operation object and the finished video comes back as a file reference to download (15). · Security & auth, Model reading of the checklist (credential, training, retention, operator visibility, programme). · Payments & pricing, No x402, MPP or L402 (0). · Maintenance & community, Model reading. · Transparency & trust, Closed models under the Gemini API terms, which say Google won't claim ownership of generated content.
- Sources: 14, open questions: 3, both in the full twin
- Capabilities: video.generate, video.image-to-video, video.audio, video.extend
- JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/google-veo.json
- Verify (for the vendor): the badge `https://www.anchorterminal.com/badges/google-veo.svg` or a link to https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-veo from a page on google.com or ai.google.dev or one of their subdomains, or the README of github.com/googleapis/python-genai, then `POST https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/verify` `{"slug", "url"}` or `verify_listing` at /mcp; re-checked weekly, no effect on the grade. Snippets in the full twin.

## Before you call it

1. Move off `veo-3.1-*-preview` before 2026-10-22. Use `gemini-omni-1.1-flash` on the Gemini API or the GA Veo IDs on Vertex AI
2. Call `predictLongRunning`, then poll the operation name about every 10 seconds until `done` is true. Jobs take 11 seconds to 6 minutes
3. Download the video within 2 days. The server deletes it after that
4. Set `durationSeconds` to 8 for 1080p, 4K or reference images. Shorter clips aren't supported there
5. In the EU, UK, Switzerland and MENA image-to-video only accepts `personGeneration` set to `allow_adult`

## Connect

```bash
pip install google-genai   # or: npm i @google/genai
```

```bash
curl -X POST "https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/veo-3.1-lite-generate-preview:predictLongRunning" \
  -H "x-goog-api-key: $GEMINI_API_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"instances":[{"prompt":"a paper boat drifting down a rainy street"}]}'
```

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