Google Vids puts your avatar on camera — one selfie and voice clip create a stand-in
TL;DR
Google Vids builds a personal avatar from a selfie and voice clip, limited to eligible paying users 18+.
Google Vids now lets a user create a speaking personal AI avatar from one selfie and a short voice recording. Google launched personal avatars on July 16. After setup, users type a script and the avatar delivers it without another camera recording.
This is not a general face generator for every account. Google says an avatar is tied to the account holder's likeness and is currently limited to users 18 or older in selected regions. Eligible plans include Google AI Pro and Ultra subscriptions and Google Workspace business customers. The company did not publish a complete region list.
The same release adds Gemini Omni. It combines text prompts with image references to generate video and accepts step-by-step natural-language edits to generated or phone-shot clips, including background swaps, lighting corrections and effects. Google said users made millions of Vids projects over the past year; Veo 3.1 reached all Vids users in February.
Every AI-generated clip carries an invisible SynthID watermark. Google did not disclose avatar retention periods, business-plan revenue or per-user generation limits. Its published controls remain likeness ownership, account binding, region and age.
via Google / TechCrunch
This is not a general face generator for every account. Google says an avatar is tied to the account holder's likeness and is currently limited to users 18 or older in selected regions. Eligible plans include Google AI Pro and Ultra subscriptions and Google Workspace business customers. The company did not publish a complete region list.
The same release adds Gemini Omni. It combines text prompts with image references to generate video and accepts step-by-step natural-language edits to generated or phone-shot clips, including background swaps, lighting corrections and effects. Google said users made millions of Vids projects over the past year; Veo 3.1 reached all Vids users in February.
Every AI-generated clip carries an invisible SynthID watermark. Google did not disclose avatar retention periods, business-plan revenue or per-user generation limits. Its published controls remain likeness ownership, account binding, region and age.
via Google / TechCrunch
