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Google Vids Update: New AI Features and YouTube Exports

4/3/2026

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Google has updated its video editing app Vids with new AI features.
The update adds customizable avatars, the Veo 3.1 video-generation model, and direct exports to YouTube.
Users can create eight-second clips and use a new screen-recording Chrome extension.
Vids remains free, but non-subscribers are limited to 10 AI generations per month.
Google faces competition from Synthesia and HeyGen in the AI video-creation market.

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Story summary

Google has updated its video editing app Vids with new AI features.
The update adds customizable avatars, the Veo 3.1 video-generation model, and direct exports to YouTube.
Users can create eight-second clips and use a new screen-recording Chrome extension.
Vids remains free, but non-subscribers are limited to 10 AI generations per month.
Google faces competition from Synthesia and HeyGen in the AI video-creation market.