By Reece Rogers
Publication Date: 2026-05-21 15:48:00
It’s a beautiful, A balmy afternoon in Dolores Park in San Francisco, and I’m singing a birthday song to a prehistoric dinosaur. As I finish my serenade, a cupcake with a pink candle magically appears in my empty hand. When I blow out the flame, a calm expression of contentment spreads over the CGI-like creature.
While the man in this AI video looks and sounds just like me, the clip was actually created using one of the new features available in Google’s Gemini app: avatars. These digital replicas are similar to the core functionality of OpenAI’s now-defunct Sora app. It is a digital clone of you that can be inserted into AI videos. Avatars are based on the company’s new Omni video model and the feature is only available to subscribers.
I pay $20 a month for Google’s AI Pro plan and quickly maxed out Gemini’s usage limits, which reset every 5 hours. I simply asked a few questions and created two 10-second clips with my avatar before being told to wait until later.
