Google announces Vids, a new AI-powered app for creating, editing videos

Source: Google

Expanding its AI prowess to video editing, Google has announced an all-new app for video creation. Called Vids, it is the latest Workspace app from Google and uses AI to create videos. “Vids is your video, writing, production, and editing assistant, all in one. It can generate a storyboard that you can easily edit, and after choosing a style, it pieces together your first draft with suggested scenes from stock videos, images, and background music,” said Aparna Pappu, vice president and general manager, Google Workspace.

Earlier this year, OpenAI created quite a stir by showcasing Sora — a text to video AI tool. While Vids isn’t on the same lines, it does utilise AI to create functional videos that organisations may find useful.

Google explained that the app has the ability piece together your first draft with suggested scenes from stock videos, images and background music.

In a promotional video shared, Google showcased how the app works. Google showed the app to summarise moments from its Cloud Next conference in Las Vegas. By simply prompting it to create a recap video and providing event details, Vids generated a customisable narrative outline.

Users have the option to select select from various templates like research proposal, new employee intro, or team milestone. After a brief processing period, Vids delivers a preliminary video draft, including a storyboard, stock media, music, transitions, and animation. It also generates a script and voiceover, though users can opt to record their own. Users have the option to manually select photos from Google Drive or Google Photos for seamless integration into the video.

Google said that the app will be available in Workspace Labs starting June this year.