By Ivan Mehta
Publication Date: 2026-04-02 16:00:00
Google on Thursday added new features to its video editor app Vids, including directing and customizing avatars through text prompts, Veo 3.1 support, the ability to export videos to YouTube, and recording with a Chrome extension.
Users will be able to use natural language prompts to direct avatars to “act” in a scene. This can include the avatar interacting with a product, a prop, or a piece of equipment. The company said that despite the dynamic nature of the output, Vids maintains character consistency.
Google said that based on the theme of the video, users can customize characters by tweaking appearance, changing apparel, and creating new backgrounds through prompts.
Last month, Google added its Lyria 3 and Lyria 3 Pro music creation models to Vids to let users add sound effects or music to their clips. With this rollout, Google is bringing Veo 3.1 video generation model, which can create eight second clips within the video editing tool. The company is giving…
