Google has integrated Veo 3.1 and Lyria into its Vids editing product, adding directable AI avatars and direct YouTube sharing. This is the same Veo 3.1 model Google pushed to Gemini in late 2025, the one it positioned as a realism and consistency upgrade for filmmakers. Here it targets business users making sizzle reels and party flyers.
The generation limits are tiered and restrictive. Free accounts get 10 videos per month. AI Pro subscribers get 50. AI Ultra, the expensive tier, unlocks 1,000. Every video is capped at 8 seconds and 720p, matching how Google has deployed Veo across other products.
The full article is worth reading for how Google is deliberately separating the Vids positioning from its filmmaker-facing Veo pitch, and what the avatar controls actually look like in practice. OpenAI is retreating from video generation 15 months after Sora launched. Google is moving the other direction.
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