TechCrunch
7/16/2026
Google Vids now lets you star in your own AI videos
Short summary
Google is adding personalized AI avatars to its Vids platform, allowing users to create videos featuring digital versions of themselves. The update also includes Gemini Omni-powered tools for generating and editing videos from text prompts and reference images. This positions Google Vids as a more capable AI-driven video creation tool for marketing and communication use cases.
- •Google Vids now supports personalized AI avatars for self-starring videos
- •Gemini Omni powers new prompt-based video generation and editing
- •Targeted at users wanting quick AI-generated video content
Generated with AI, which can make mistakes.
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