Adding new capabilities to Google Vids’ ‘Help me create’
What’s changing
When constructing a vid, you can easily get started by using a set of generative AI capabilities. Gemini’s ‘Help me create’ can generate a fully editable first draft of your video using a prompt and content from your Google Drive. After choosing a style, Gemini pieces together your vid with suggested scenes, including recommended stock media, text, scripts per scene, and even a background music track.
Today, we’re excited to introduce a new ‘Help me create’ feature that automatically generates AI voiceovers for each scene of your Vid from the AI suggested scripts.
With this update, you can:
* Eliminate the manual effort of recording “the perfect take”
* Gain easy access to a variety of voiceovers that provide you with professional-sounding video narration
* Save time matching voiceovers to scenes in your video with automatic audio to scene alignment
AI voiceovers are intended to save you time so you can get to a first draft faster, but you are still able to easily edit your suggested scripts and update your voiceovers in one click, or select from a variety of different AI voices with different pitches and tones to best suit your video’s purpose.
Getting started
* Admins: Vids will be ON by default and can be disabled at the organizational level. Visit the Help Center to learn more about turning Vids on or off for users.
* End users:
* To start, open Google Vids and choose an option to create a new video. You can create a new video or make a copy of an existing video for editing. Visit the Help Center to learn more about getting started with Google Vids. Visit the Help Center to learn more about creating scripts & voiceovers in Google Vids.
* You can use Vids on your computer with the two most recent versions of these browsers:
* Chrome
* Firefox
* Windows only: Microsoft Edge
* Other browsers may work, but you might not be able to use all of the features.
* You can access our always-on resources in the Google Workspace Learning Center to learn what you can do with Google Vids.
* Currently, Vids is available in the user’s local language, but the AI features (e.g. Help me create, read-along teleprompter) are only available in English at this time.
* Note: View and collaborate access is available to anyone with a Google Workspace account, while create and copy access is available for select editions of Google Workspace customers.
Rollout pace
* Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on March 20, 2025
Availability
Available for Google Workspace:
* Business Standard and Plus
* Enterprise Standard and Plus
* Essentials, Enterprise Essentials and Enterprise Essentials Plus
* Education Plus
* Customers with a Gemini Business*, Enterprise*, Education or Education Premium add-on
*As of January 15, 2025, we’re no longer offering the Gemini Business and Gemini Enterprise add-ons for sale. Please refer to this announcement for more details.
Resources
* Google Workspace Admin Help: Turn Vids on or off for users
* Google Help: Get started with Google Vids
