Google Rolls Out Veo 2-Powered Video Generation in Gemini
Google has announced the global rollout of its newest video generation feature, powered by Veo 2, for Gemini Advanced users. This cutting-edge tool enables users to transform detailed text prompts into eight-second cinematic video clips with lifelike visuals, realistic physics, and smooth character motion.
What Is Veo 2 and How Does It Work?
Veo 2 is Google’s latest state-of-the-art generative video model, designed to produce high-quality 720p video clips in a 16:9 MP4 format. It offers enhanced realism, understanding of real-world physics, and dynamic animation of human and environmental motion, making it ideal for visual storytelling, creative experiments, and concept generation.
To use the feature, users need to select Veo 2 from the model dropdown menu within Gemini and enter a text description to prompt video generation. The more detailed the input, the more refined and controlled the output will be. Additionally, each user has a monthly video creation limit, with notifications sent as the cap approaches.
Videos can be easily shared directly from mobile devices to social media platforms such as TikTok and YouTube Shorts.
Whisk Animate: From Still Images to Motion
Alongside Gemini, Google Labs has expanded Whisk, its experimental AI playground, by introducing Whisk Animate. This feature allows users to animate static images using Veo 2, creating expressive, short-form video content from both text and image prompts.
Whisk Animate is now available globally to Google One AI Premium subscribers, the same audience eligible for Gemini Advanced features.
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Safety and Responsible AI
Google emphasizes that it has implemented extensive safety protocols for Veo 2, including red teaming and evaluations to detect and prevent harmful or policy-violating content.
The company also uses SynthID, a digital watermark embedded into every frame, to clearly label Veo 2 videos as AI-generated. Additionally, Google collects ongoing feedback through in-app thumbs up/down ratings to help improve the content's quality and appropriateness.
The video generation feature is being rolled out gradually to Gemini Advanced users on web and mobile. It’s part of the Google One AI Premium plan, which gives users access to Gemini’s most powerful tools.
