Google has released two important updates to Google Vids, the AI-powered video creation tool within Google Workspace. One is Gemini Omni, which enables text and image to video generation and conversational editing, and the other is Personal Avatar, which allows users to create a digital likeness of themselves and display it in a video without being recorded by a camera.
Gemini Omni brings multimodal video generation to Vids, allowing users to create and edit video clips by describing what they want in plain language. Users can combine text prompts with image references (such as photos or rough sketches), and Omni will generate a video that incorporates both inputs. Editing is handled through a chat-based, step-by-step interface that allows users to adjust generated clips and footage shot on their own devices by using conversation prompts to swap out backgrounds, adjust lighting, add effects, and more, without starting from scratch.
Personal avatars represent another feature that allows users to create digital versions of themselves by uploading selfies and short audio recordings. Creating an avatar allows you to deliver typed messages as a video, allowing for quick video updates, personalized messages, or presentations without setting up a camera or recording a session. A personal avatar is linked to a user’s Google Account and is limited to the account owner’s own likeness. Access is currently limited to users 18 years and older in certain regions.
All AI-generated video clips created with Vids include an invisible SynthID watermark embedded by Google DeepMind to verify that the content was generated by AI. Both features are available to Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers and Google Workspace Business customers.
