Google AI Pricing Update: New Model Added

Google AI pricing page updated to introduce Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS Preview model for expressive, multilingual speech generation, replacing the Veo 3.1 Lite model for video generation.

Apr 15, 2026

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Affected

Google AI · gemini-api

Pricing Change

Cost impact

Medium · 2/5

Estimated from pricing and window changes

Migration pressure

Low · 1/5

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Impact summary

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Cost

Medium

Score 2/540%

Quality

Medium

Score 2/540%

Migration

Low

Score 1/520%

Reliability

Low

Score 0/50%

Compliance

Low

Score 0/50%

The introduction of the new model may require updates to usage and billing, but no significant changes to reliability or compliance are noted.

Changes

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Before

Try the new high-speed, cost-effective  Veo 3.1 Lite  model for video generation at scale.
Last updated 2026-04-14 UTC.
[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Missing the information I need","missingTheInformationINeed","thumb-down"],["Too complicated / too many steps","tooComplicatedTooManySteps","thumb-down"],["Out of date","outOfDate","thumb-down"],["Samples / code issue","samplesCodeIssue","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2026-04-14 UTC."],[],[]]

After

Try the new  Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS Preview  model for expressive, multilingual speech generation.
Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS Preview
gemini-3.1-flash-tts-preview
Our 3.1 Flash Text-to-Speech audio model optimized for price-performant,
*  Audio tokens correspond to 25 tokens per second of audio.
Last updated 2026-04-15 UTC.
[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Missing the information I need","missingTheInformationINeed","thumb-down"],["Too complicated / too many steps","tooComplicatedTooManySteps","thumb-down"],["Out of date","outOfDate","thumb-down"],["Samples / code issue","samplesCodeIssue","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2026-04-15 UTC."],[],[]]

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Try the new Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS Preview model for expressive, multilingual speech generation.

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