Google Rolls Out AI Video Tool “Vids” For Workspace Business

Google began rolling out its AI video tool Google Vids for selected Google Workspace members. Users with access to the paid work, school, and personal accounts selected and listed by the company can now test the new Gemini-powered feature announced in April.

However, the tech giant warned that not every user will have access right away. “Access to Google Vids is rolling out and it may not be available to you yet,” states a document about Vids availability shared by the company.

Alice Keeler, a Google-certified innovator, shared on the social media platform X that it might take up to two weeks for certain users to get access to the new feature.

Vids is live on the school account today! You can make videos right from Google Drive.

Note: it is a slow rollout it might take 2 weeks if you don’t have it yet.#GoogleEDU #GoogleVids pic.twitter.com/U34zq6Q0dw

— Alice Keeler (@alicekeeler) November 8, 2024

Users with access can use the “help me create” feature to write a prompt for Gemini and begin the creation of the video. Google shared multiple templates for easy and ready-to-go designs, that can also include documents from Drive.

The platform also has a library with stock content so that video creators can add music, stickers, GIFs, videos, and sound effects.

Google added a recording studio feature to help users record videos and include them or make them part of the creation. Although only available in English, people can also use the read-along teleprompter tool to record the videos.

Multiple users can interact and collaborate in real-time and share the videos after downloading them in MP4 format.

This new feature comes only weeks after Google announced Audio Overview to help users create AI-generated podcasts from their notes on NotebookLM.