Google Workspace Changes

Google Vids avatars now powered by Veo 3.1 for more realistic and faster creation.

Google Vids avatars are now powered by Veo 3.1, Google’s state-of-the-art video generation model. This upgrade provides heightened expression, smoother lip-syncing, and steadier framing, resulting in a professional look. Avatars are also faster to create at no additional cost, improving viewer watch time and engagement. Use cases include training videos, internal announcements, and custom support walkthroughs.

Nano Banana Pro in Google Vids enhances image generation and editing with greater precision and multi-turn prompting.

Google Vids now utilizes Nano Banana Pro to improve image generation and editing capabilities. The introduction of multi-turn prompting allows for iterative refinement of visuals, assisting users in creating custom, production-ready assets for their videos.

New ingredients-to-video capability powered by Veo 3.1 in Google Vids to create eight-second video clips from images.

Google Vids introduces a new 'ingredients-to-video' feature, powered by Veo 3.1, enabling users to generate eight-second video clips. By selecting up to three images and providing an instructive prompt, Veo in Vids creates clips with consistent subjects, characters, and objects. This capability helps users craft cohesive stories for various purposes like brand promotions, training videos, or employee onboarding, by transforming preferred images into dynamic video content.

Google Vids now supports creating and editing vertical and square videos.

Google Vids has introduced new capabilities allowing users to create and edit videos in vertical (9:16) and square (1:1) aspect ratios. These new options are in addition to the previously supported widescreen/horizontal format (16:9). The availability of these additional sizes provides users with greater flexibility to produce content tailored for various platforms such as YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, and TikTok. Vertical and square templates will also be supported soon.

Google Vids upgraded with Nano Banana image editing model and custom prompt image editing.

Google Vids has been upgraded to the latest image editing model, Nano Banana, offering improved quality for image editing within videos. Users now have the option to edit images using custom prompts, allowing them to create and insert custom-generated images into their videos.

Expanded access to several AI features in Google Vids for Education Plus and Teaching & Learning add-on users.

Google Vids has expanded access to several AI features for users with an Education Plus or Teaching & Learning add-on license, available for a limited time through May 31st, 2026. These features include read-along mode in the teleprompter, AI voice overs, text-to-image generation, AI-powered image editing for background replacement/expansion, a "Help me create" tool for video story planning, and transcript trim. This enables educators and students to generate custom images and video clips, add professional touches, and use preset voiceovers for narration.

'Help me create' in Google Vids now includes support for Google Slides presentations as reference materials for video drafts.

The 'Help me create' feature in Google Vids has been updated to include support for Google Slides presentations as reference materials. Users can now incorporate their Google Slides when constructing prompts, which will lead to improved Slides analysis and content integration into the generated video drafts. This includes pulling text and visual content like relevant Slides, images, and text, in addition to suggested scripts, AI voiceovers, and music.

Google Vids introduces a new "balance sound" feature to automatically level audio across videos and apply audio ducking to background music.

Building on a pre-announcement from May, Google Vids now allows users to automatically adjust sound levels across their video and audio clips. This new "balance sound" feature also includes audio ducking for background music, which intelligently lowers the music volume when another audio or video clip's sound begins playing. This enhancement simplifies the process of achieving consistent and professional-sounding audio in video productions.

Generate 8-second video clips with higher quality and realistic sound using Veo 3 in Google Vids.

Google Vids now integrates Veo 3, enabling users to create 8-second videos with improved quality and sound. Users can access Veo 3 via the "Generate video" option in the Vids editor. This allows users to add generated content directly into their Vids. Examples include safety training, product demos, and employee announcements.

Introducing a new ‘Getting started’ page to make it easier to create Google Vids

We’re introducing a ‘Getting started’ page offering a variety of ways to create videos using Google Vids. Depending on your Workspace edition, this will include options to: plan your video story, generate video clips, record yourself, select a template, upload a clip or image, or start with a blank vid.

Users can now generate high-quality, custom video clips directly within Google Vids using Veo 2.

Google Vids now allows users to generate high-quality, custom video clips directly within the platform using Veo 2. This feature enables users to create realistic motion and diverse styles to supplement content and tell more powerful stories. Users can access the feature by clicking the “Generate video” icon, typing in a prompt, and inserting the generated content into their Vid.

Users can now control the height of the timeline, which helps a user easily view more objects when working on timing for individual scenes in Google Vids.

An update improves the editing experience in Google Vids. Users can now control the height of the timeline, which helps a user easily view more objects when working on timing for individual scenes.

Users can now control the height of the timeline, making it easier to view more objects when working on timing for individual scenes in Google Vids.

Users can now control the height of the timeline in Google Vids, which helps a user easily view more objects when working on timing for individual scenes.

Users can now easily update AI voiceovers in Google Vids.

Google Vids users can now make updates to their scripts and apply changes to AI voiceovers with one click.

Save time making changes or updates to AI voiceovers in Google Vids

We recently announced an update that adds AI voiceovers automatically when using Help me create in Google Vids. In continuing our efforts to enhance AI voiceover features, you can now make updates to your scripts and apply changes to your AI voiceovers with one click for every scene in your Vid, whether doing this manually or using Help me create.