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Google is bringing its Veo 2 video-generating AI model to users who pay for Gemini Advanced, the company’s premium AI plan. This expansion is a significant move as it looks to deliver an answer to OpenAI’s Sora video generation platform and counter the growing competition in the space.
Starting Tuesday, Gemini Advanced subscribers will be able to select Veo 2 from the model drop-down menu within Google’s Gemini apps. With this new capability, users can create eight-second video clips at 720p resolution with a 16:9 aspect ratio, and upload these clips to TikTok, YouTube, and more via Gemini’s “share” button. The generated videos can also be downloaded as MP4 files, watermarked with Google’s SynthID tech.
However, it is important to note that there are some limitations to how many videos users can create each month, and the Google Workspace business and education plans aren’t currently supported at this time, according to the company.
In addition to Veo 2 integration, Google is also integrating this technology with Whisk, an experimental feature in Google Labs that lets you use images as prompts with Gemini to create new images. A new feature, Whisk Animate, has been introduced which allows users to take images they’ve generated and turn them into eight-second, Veo 2-generated videos.
While the applications of Veo 2 may seem fairly basic at this moment in time, Google’s CEO of Google DeepMind, Demis Hassabis, has recently stated that the company plans to eventually combine its Gemini AI models with Veo to improve the former’s understanding of the physical world.
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/15/googles-veo-2-video-generator-comes-to-gemini/
