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Google Vids: Create AI Videos With Your Digital Twin
17 Jul
Summary
- Google Vids now lets users create custom AI avatars using their selfie and voice.
- The update integrates Gemini Omni for advanced AI video creation and editing.
- New features position Google Vids as a competitor to AI video startups.
Google has enhanced its Google Vids platform, transforming it into a robust video creation tool. The latest updates allow users to create custom digital avatars that mimic their likeness and voice, utilizing a simple selfie and voice recording upload.
This new capability leverages Google's multi-modal AI model, Gemini Omni. Users can now generate videos using a combination of text prompts and uploaded reference images. Gemini Omni also facilitates video editing tasks, such as background replacement or lighting adjustments on phone-recorded footage.
The platform now supports step-by-step editing, enabling iterative changes without restarting. These advancements expand Google Vids beyond its initial function as a workplace presentation aid.
Google Vids is now positioned to challenge AI video startups like HeyGen and Synthesia. The company emphasizes that personal avatars are linked to account holders and include invisible watermarking via SynthID. Access to personal avatars is restricted to users in certain regions aged 18 and above.
