Google Added New Features to 'Vids', Its Video Editor App

IBL News | New York

Google added new features to its video editor app, Vids, including the ability to use natural language prompts to customize avatars and have them interact with products or equipment. Based on the video’s theme, users can tweak characters’ appearance, change their apparel, and create new backgrounds using prompts.

Vids supports adding the Veo 3.1 video-generation model, which can create eight-second clips within the video editing tool. It also supports Lyria 3 and Lyria 3 Pro for adding music and sound effects to clips.

Google is giving out 10 free video generations per month. The company said Google AI Ultra and Workspace AI Ultra accounts can generate up to 1,000 Veo videos per month.

The tool allows users to export finished videos directly to YouTube, saving the hassle of downloading and uploading them to their channel.

The video suite is also adding a new screen-recording Chrome extension that allows users to capture the screen with audio or video.

In February, the company added 2D and 3D cartoon-style avatars and added language support for seven new voice-over languages, including French, German, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, and Japanese.