By Ricky Wong
Publication Date: 2026-01-13 00:00:00
Today Veo is becoming more and more expressive, with improvements that help you create more entertaining, creative and high-quality videos based on ingredient images made directly for the mobile format. We’re excited to provide new creative opportunities for everyone, from the casual storyteller to the professional filmmaker.
We publish:
- Improvements to Veo 3.1 Ingredients to Video, Our ability to create videos based on reference images. This update makes videos more expressive and creative, even with simple prompts
- Native vertical outputs for Ingredients to Video (portrait) to advance mobile creation of short videos
- State-of-the-art upscaling to 1080p and 4K resolution
for high-precision production processes
Whether you want more vivid motion, greater control over visuals, or broadcast-ready resolution, these updates give you the tools to bring your vision to life. These updates are rolling out to the Gemini app, YouTube, Flow, Google Vids, Gemini API, and…

