A controlled Gemini 3.7 Flash benchmark shows why agentic video is excellent for long-form search—but can cost more than static processing on short clips. If I only need one number from a long video, why should an AI model sample the entire timeline before answering? Google launched Agentic Video Understanding on September 1. Instead of processing video at a fixed sampling rate, Gemini can decide whether to inspect the transcript, audio, or selected frame ranges based on the question. G...