Google Workspace Changes

Expanded library of default AI avatar presets.

Google Vids has expanded its collection of default AI avatar presets from 23 to 53, featuring photorealistic, 3D cartoon, and graphic novel styles. These avatars are powered by Gemini Audio to provide more expressive, realistic, and conversational tones.

Add AI avatars when converting Google Slides presentations to Google Vids.

Users can now enhance their Google Vids by adding AI-powered spokesperson avatars when importing content from Google Slides. These avatars are dynamically inserted throughout the video to make the generated content more relatable and engaging, complementing existing Gemini-powered features like script generation, voiceovers, and background music.

Create custom branded avatars in Google Vids using Nano Banana 2.

Google Vids now enables users to brand their custom AI-generated avatars by uploading a logo and utilizing the Nano Banana 2 model to refine the logo's sizing and placement. This feature ensures that AI presenters align with an organization's visual identity. Additionally, branded custom avatars can be saved within a Vid, allowing collaborators to use the same speaker for consistent branding across the project.

Google Vids introduces more expressive AI voiceovers and support for 16 additional languages powered by Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS.

Google Vids has integrated the Gemini 3.1 Flash Text-To-Speech (TTS) model, adding 30 new conversational voice options that offer greater realism and expression. Users can now guide the AI with emotional instructions, use bracket notation for pacing, and include sound effects. Additionally, AI voiceover support has expanded to 16 new languages, including Arabic, Bengali, Dutch, Hindi, and more, bringing the total to 24 supported languages.

Google Vids introduces more expressive AI voiceovers and 16 additional languages, powered by Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS.

Google Vids now features more expressive AI voiceovers, powered by the new Gemini 3.1 Flash Text-To-Speech (TTS) model. These 30 new conversational voice options are supported in 24 different languages and allow for emotional instructions, pacing notations, and sound effects. Additionally, AI voiceover support has been expanded to 16 new languages, joining the previously supported ones. The feature is available by default, with an option for admins to disable it at the domain level, and is rolling out to all Google Workspace customers, Workspace Individual subscribers, and users with personal Google accounts with a full rollout expected in 1-3 days starting April 15, 2026.

Users can now edit AI-generated scripts when converting Google Slides to Google Vids before the import is finalized.

When importing Google Slides into Google Vids with Gemini enabled, users can now review and edit AI-generated scripts for each slide before completing the import, generating voiceovers, and applying animations. This update allows users to refine their narrative early, save time by reducing back-and-forth editing in the main editor, and ensure voiceovers accurately match the intended message.

Users can now edit AI-generated scripts when converting Google Slides to Google Vids before completing the import, generating voiceovers, and applying animations.

This update allows users to edit AI-generated scripts for each slide when converting Google Slides into Google Vids, a capability previously only available after the import process. This new feature enables users to refine their narrative early, saving time and effort by making script adjustments before video draft creation. It also ensures that the generated voiceover perfectly matches the intended message, providing a more streamlined workflow for creating high-quality video content from existing presentations.

Export Google Vids directly to YouTube

Users can now publish videos created in Google Vids directly to YouTube via the File menu, removing the need to export projects as MP4 files and manually upload them. To ensure security and creative control, all exported videos are initially set to Private, allowing users to review content in YouTube Studio before adjusting visibility to Public or Unlisted.

Google Vids now allows direct export of videos to YouTube, simplifying the publishing process.

Users of Google Vids can now publish their created videos directly to YouTube, eliminating the need to first export as an MP4 and then upload. This new feature streamlines the workflow for creating and sharing various types of video content, such as marketing videos or training materials. To ensure security and creative control, all directly exported videos are initially set to Private, allowing users to review them in YouTube Studio before changing their visibility to Public or Unlisted.

Generate custom music in Google Vids using Lyria 3 and Lyria 3 Pro.

Google Vids now enables users to create custom music tracks using text-based prompting, powered by Google's latest music generation models, Lyria 3 and Lyria 3 Pro. Users can generate short clips of approximately 30 seconds or longer tracks up to three minutes, allowing them to create high-quality audio tailored to their brand's style for product pitches, internal announcements, or advertisements.

Generate custom music in Google Vids using Lyria 3 and Lyria 3 Pro with text-based prompting.

Google Vids now allows users to generate custom music using text-based prompts, powered by Google's latest music generation models, Lyria 3 and Lyria 3 Pro. Users can create short clips (around 30 seconds) or longer tracks (up to three minutes) tailored to their video projects, such as an upbeat pop-style track for a product pitch or music matching a brand's style for internal communications. This feature aims to enhance video creation by providing high-quality, relevant music.

Google Vids increases duration limits for projects, recordings, and imported media clips.

Google Vids is expanding its duration limits to allow for more comprehensive video content. The maximum length for Vids projects and recordings created within the Vids recording studio has been increased to 30 minutes. Additionally, users can now import video or audio clips up to 95 minutes in length (or up to 4 GB), although these imported clips must be edited down to 30 minutes or shorter to access full editing capabilities.

Expanded duration limits for Google Vids projects, recordings, and imported media.

Google Vids has expanded its duration limits, allowing users to create more comprehensive video content. The maximum length for Vids projects and recordings made in the studio is now 30 minutes, an increase from the previous 10-minute limit. Additionally, users can now import video or audio clips up to 95 minutes in length (or 4 GB in file size), although these imported clips must be edited down to 30 minutes or less within Vids to unlock full editing capabilities.

AI voiceovers in Google Vids now support seven new languages.

AI voiceovers in Google Vids, which allow users to generate realistic narration from typed scripts, now support seven additional languages: French, German, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, and Japanese. If a script contains multiple languages, the feature will return a voiceover in the supported language used most frequently in the script.

AI avatars in Google Vids now support seven new languages.

Google Vids has expanded the language capabilities of its AI avatars, which allow users to generate high-quality speakers. Previously available only in English, AI avatars now support French, German, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, and Japanese, enabling users to create localized content for global clients and workforces.