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Introducing agentic video understanding with Gemini

Sep 1, 2026Rohan Doshi, Mario Lučić
Introducing agentic video understanding with Gemini
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Introduces agentic video understanding across Gemini 3.7 Flash, 3.6 Flash, and 3.5 Flash-Lite models. This capability allows Gemini to dynamically search, scan, and inspect video segments using native video tools, improving performance and reducing token usage and costs. Key features include sub-second moment retrieval, more accurate anomaly detection, and precise counting. Benchmarks show up to 66% cost reduction and 88% token reduction with up to 7% accuracy improvement, particularly for long-form video. The system works by enabling Gemini to actively decide what to watch, at what speed, and through which modality, invoking internal tools to load relevant video parts.

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