Feature availability
- This feature requires an eligible Google Workspace subscription. Learn about Gemini features and plans.
- AI features in Vids, such as "Help me create," read-along teleprompter and AI voiceover, are only available in English at this time. Learn more about Vids availability.
Important: Learn which Google Account types have access to Google Vids and different Vids features.
Google Vids is an AI-powered video creation app for work. Use Vids to create, write, produce, edit, collaborate, and share your videos. Learn about Google Vids availability.
- Use a prompt to plan your video story with "Help me create" with Gemini in Vids.
- Use templates to help you get started.
- Add your own content, including images and video clips from Drive.
- Add videos, GIFs, images, stickers, music, and sound effects from the Vids stock content library.
- Use a recording studio that lets you record audio, record yourself, your screen, or a combination.
- Collaborate in real-time & share videos by downloading as an MP4 or sharing with a link for playback view on a computer.
In this article, learn how to:
Important:
- New features for Vids are rolling out gradually, and may not be available to you yet.
- Vids generative AI features, like "Help me create" and read-along teleprompter, are only available in English at this time.
- Videos created with Vids have a maximum duration of 10 minutes. Limits are subject to change. Learn about limits for 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.
Tip: Currently, you can’t edit or comment in Vids in Safari. You can use playback after a video is processed.
The following types of media can be uploaded from your computer or from Google Drive.
| Media type | File type | Compatible upload file types |
|---|---|---|
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Audio |
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ogg, flac, m4a, mp3, mp4, mpeg, mpeg3, ogg, wav, x-flac, audio/x-m4a, audio/x-wav |
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Static images and GIFs |
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PNG, JPEG, or GIF |
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Videos |
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mp4, ogg, quicktime, webm |
Create a new video
You can create a new video, or make a new version of a video already created in Vids by copying and editing a video that’s already been made.
- On your computer, open Google Vids.
- Choose an option to create a new video:
- Plan your video story
- Plan your video story with AI in Google Vids. Learn more about how to generate a video outline with a prompt with Gemini in Vids.
- Generate video clips
- Enter a prompt to transform your ideas into custom video clips.
- Record yourself, your screen, or both
- Build your video with a video, audio, or screen recording. Learn more about adding video clips using the Vids recording studio.
- Upload
- Upload your own clips and images. Learn more about uploading video clips, GIFs, or images.
- Start with a template
- Build your video based on a template that you have selected. Learn more about building a video from a template.
- Plan your video story
Tip: To start a video from scratch, click Close to close the window and open your new video.
Copy a video
You can copy an existing video in Google Vids to build a new or updated version.
- On your computer, open Google Vids.
- Double-click to open the video you want to copy.
- Click File
Make a copy
.
- Tips:
- To make a copy of a video from Drive, right-click to open the menu bar
- You can copy the full video or selected scenes.
- To make a copy of a video from Drive, right-click to open the menu bar
- Tips:
Make a copy Edit & format a video
You can add, edit, or format text, images, or videos in each scene and you can customize transitions between scenes.
- Upload & insert images
- Add audio
- Add stock media
- Add & customize text, shapes, and lines
- Control timing with object tracks
- Customize transitions between scenes
Share & collaborate with Vids
You can share your videos and select whether collaborators can view, edit, or comment on them.
You can choose to share videos created in Vids as:
- Google Vids files
- MP4s in Google Drive
- MP4s downloaded to your device
Tip: To collaborate with others on your video, share as a Google Vids file and choose an access level:
- Commenters: Can add comments to the video but can’t make changes to the video.
- Editors: Can add comments and make changes to the video.
- On your computer, open a video in Google Vids.
- At the top right corner, click Share
.
- Add the people, groups, or events you want to share your file with.
- Click the drop-down that appears after you add people to select access level:
- Viewer
- Commenter
- Editor
- Click Send.
- On your computer, open a video in Google Vids.
- At the top right corner next to Share
.
- To export as an MP4 to Drive, click Export to Drive
.
- To open the MP4 file in Drive, click Open now.
- To update access and find the link to your file:
- Open the MP4 file.
- At the top right corner, click Share
- On your computer, open a video in Google Vids.
- In the menu, click File
- The file downloads as an MP4 file that you can share with others to watch.
Watch a video shared with you
Anyone with a Google account can view a video shared with Google Vids.
Tip: To access Google Vids on your mobile device, you can use a compatible web browser. You can watch processed videos on your mobile device but you can’t edit or add comments to videos.