Mishal Rahman / Android Authority
TL;DR
- Google announced a new AI video generation model, Veo 3.1 Lite.
- The new model is aimed at professional developers and offers paid video generation starting at 5 cents per second.
- Google’s Veo 3.1 Fast model will also be reduced in price starting next month.
Even if OpenAI shuts down its Sora AI video app, Google isn’t saying it’s quitting AI video. The company today announced a new Veo model aimed at developers who want to offer video generation in their products.
Google today introduced the new Veo 3.1 Lite model in a blog post. The model aims to balance “practical utility with professional features,” according to the post, and will cost developers as little as 5 cents per second for video produced at 720p with audio.
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Veo 3.1 Lite in Gemini app cannot generate videos. Available only to paid Google AI Studio users. For these users, 720p video costs 5 cents per second and 1080p video costs 8 cents per second. You have the option to create a horizontal video clip at 16:9 or a vertical video clip at 9:16. Newer models cannot produce 4K images.
You have the option to create clips that are 4 seconds, 6 seconds, or 8 seconds long. This is not suitable for making movies, but is useful for creating gen-AI animations to add to your website or app interface.
Google also announced that it will be reducing the price of its Veo 3.1 Fast model starting April 7th. Starting next month, this model will offer 720p video for 10 cents per second (down 5 cents), 1080p video for 15 cents per second (down 3 cents), or 4K video for 35 cents per second (also down 5 cents).
Veo 3.1 Fast is currently rolling out to paid Google AI Studio users. Complete developer documentation for the new model can be found here.
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