Google’s newest video-generation mannequin, Veo 3, is coming to Google Pictures. The brand new mannequin, out there on the cellular app’s “Create” tab, will enable customers within the U.S. to show their nonetheless pictures into video clips.
Google Pictures already affords video technology by means of its lately added “Photograph to video” characteristic, however the firm says the addition of Veo 3 enhances that performance with higher-quality video. The launch additionally represents how the corporate is working to carry its newest AI tech to shoppers by means of its merchandise — Google Pictures, for example, had over 1.5 billion month-to-month lively customers as of Might 2025.
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Launched in Might at its I/O developer convention, Google introduced Veo 3, which added image-to-video technology, to its Gemini app in July, making it out there on its AI Extremely and AI Professional subscription plans. On these plans, customers might generate three movies per day, which might carry each seen and invisible watermarks to establish the movies as being AI-generated.
In Google Pictures, the corporate imagines customers bringing recollections to life, and even animating older pictures. The prevailing image-to-video characteristic is powered by Veo 2, and let customers choose a photograph from their gallery and select certainly one of two prompts for both “delicate actions,” or a shock animation by tapping an “I’m feeling fortunate” button. The mannequin then generates a six-second clip you could possibly share with others.
The brand new photo-to-video characteristic is obtainable inside the Create hub, a brand new part within the Google Pictures app the place customers can discover inventive instruments and options powered by AI. Along with Veo 3, these embody a remix possibility to vary a photograph’s model; make a collage; put collectively montages out of your galleries; create transferring, 3D pictures known as “cinematic” pictures; and a instrument to make GIFs from pics.
