Google Workspace Changes

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.

AI voiceovers in Google Vids now support seven additional languages.

Google Vids' AI Voiceovers feature allows users to generate realistic narration for their videos by selecting from various presets. Similar to avatars, this feature now supports seven new languages in addition to English: Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Korean, and Japanese. This enables users to type a script and receive a high-quality voiceover in these newly supported languages, enhancing global communication capabilities.

AI avatars in Google Vids now support seven additional languages.

Google Vids' AI avatars, which allow for the generation of high-quality speakers, have expanded their language support beyond English. Users can now create avatar videos in seven new languages: Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Korean, and Japanese. This enhancement aims to assist users in scenarios such as pitching global clients and educating a global workforce by enabling communication in native languages, ultimately saving cost and time.

Expanding access to Read-along teleprompter, Transcript trim, and Styled captions for all Google Vids users.

Google is making three professional-quality video creation features—Read-along teleprompter, Transcript trim, and Styled captions—available to all Google Vids users regardless of their Workspace edition. This update ensures that users on promotional periods, as well as those on Frontline and Education Fundamentals editions, have access to these essential editing tools.

Google Vids makes three features (Read-along teleprompter, Transcript trim, Styled captions) available to all users.

To help more users create professional-quality content, Google Vids is expanding access to three key features for all users, regardless of their Workspace edition. These features include the Read-along teleprompter, which allows users to read from an auto-scrolling script; Transcript trim, for editing videos by deleting words or silences from the transcript; and Styled captions, which offers various visual styles for captions to enhance accessibility and engagement. This change extends these features to users on promotional Workspace editions, Frontline, Education Fundamentals, Workspace Individual subscribers, and personal Google accounts.

Google Vids now supports styled, animated captions that synchronize with audio and media.

Google Vids has introduced styled, animated captions that synchronize with audio and media elements to improve video comprehension and accessibility. These captions serve as a visual guide for viewers, and users have the ability to edit and correct any spelling or grammar errors within the captions. The feature supports a wide array of global languages.

Google Vids now supports styled, animated captions.

Google Vids, an AI-powered video creation app, now allows users to create styled and animated captions that synchronize with audio and media. These captions enhance video comprehension and viewer tracking, and users can edit them for spelling and grammar errors. This feature aims to help users become better storytellers.

Google Vids now supports portrait-sized clips via Ingredients to Video in Veo 3.1.

Google Vids has updated its 'Ingredients to Video' capability using Veo 3.1 to support the generation of portrait-sized video clips. These improvements include faster pacing, more engaging shots, realistic audio, and better consistency for objects, characters, and backgrounds, making it easier for users to create immersive content for social media channels using reference images and prompts.

Improvements to Veo 3.1 in Google Vids now support generating portrait-sized video clips with faster pace and engaging shots.

Google Vids, with improvements to Veo 3.1, now allows users to generate portrait-sized video clips. This enhancement provides faster-paced, more engaging shots, realistic audio, and maintains consistency of objects, characters, and backgrounds. This feature is particularly useful for customers creating immersive video content for marketing, announcements, and explainer videos, enabling easy resizing for social media sharing.