Google Vids Adds Free AI Video: Features and Limits

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Google Vids now lets people with personal Google accounts generate AI video clips for free, within a monthly limit.

Announced Wednesday, the search giant has rolled its Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash model into Google Vids, granting free tier access to users holding personal Google accounts as well as Google Workspace subscribers.

Justin Luk, product manager for Google Vids, noted that the rollout aims to help creators produce content “without professional editing skills or a big budget.”

The update adds controls for extending scenes, setting clip durations, and creating 1080p video. Users can visit vids.new on desktop to tap the “Create AI videos” option, unlocking 1080p high-definition generation and the ability to upscale existing clips.

Users can extend scenes while aiming to preserve lighting, settings, and character appearances, and set specific clip durations. Google says clips generated with Omni 1.1 in Vids include an imperceptible SynthID watermark that can...

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