Google Vids Adds "Gemini Omni" AI Video Editing and Personal Avatars
Google has added two new features to its video creation tool, Google Vids: “Gemini Omni,” which generates and edits videos from natural-language prompts, and “personal avatars,” which builds a digital likeness of you from a selfie and a voice sample. Users can now have their own avatar deliver a message on camera without ever recording themselves.
Details
- Gemini Omni: Generates video from text prompts combined with image references, such as a photo or rough sketch. Everyday-language instructions like “swap the background,” “fix the lighting,” or “add an effect” let users edit step by step instead of starting over from scratch
- Personal avatars: Upload a selfie and a short voice recording, and Vids creates a digital avatar that looks and sounds like you. From there, users simply type a message and the avatar delivers it on their behalf
- Transparency safeguard: Every AI-generated video clip carries an invisible SynthID digital watermark so viewers can tell it was AI-made
- Availability: Rolling out to Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers, plus Google Workspace business customers. Personal avatars are limited to users 18 and older, available in English only at launch, and restricted to certain regions
- Account tie-in: Personal avatars are linked to an individual’s Google Account and can only be built from that account holder’s own face and voice
How to try it
- Google Vids is available to Google AI Pro/Ultra subscribers and Google Workspace business accounts
- The personal avatar feature requires users to be 18+, is English-only for now, and isn’t yet available in every region
- See the official Google blog post for full details