Google’s newest video-generation mannequin, Veo 3, is coming to Google Photographs. The brand new mannequin, obtainable on the cell app’s “Create” tab, will permit customers within the U.S. to show their nonetheless photographs into video clips.
Google Photographs already provides video era by way of its not too long ago added “Picture to video” characteristic, however the firm says the addition of Veo 3 enhances that performance with higher-quality video. The launch additionally represents how the corporate is working to convey its newest AI tech to customers by way of its merchandise — Google Photographs, as an example, had over 1.5 billion month-to-month energetic customers as of Could 2025.
Launched in Could at its I/O developer convention, Google introduced Veo 3, which added image-to-video era, to its Gemini app in July, making it obtainable on its AI Extremely and AI Professional subscription plans. On these plans, customers may generate three movies per day, which might carry each seen and invisible watermarks to determine the movies as being AI-generated.
In Google Photographs, the corporate imagines customers bringing recollections to life, and even animating older photographs. The present image-to-video characteristic is powered by Veo 2, and let customers choose a photograph from their gallery and select one in all two prompts for both “delicate actions,” or a shock animation by tapping an “I’m feeling fortunate” button. The mannequin then generates a six-second clip you can share with others.
The brand new photo-to-video characteristic is on the market inside the Create hub, a brand new part within the Google Photographs app the place customers can discover inventive instruments and options powered by AI. Along with Veo 3, these embrace a remix possibility to vary a photograph’s model; make a collage; put collectively montages out of your galleries; create shifting, 3D photographs known as “cinematic” photographs; and a software to make GIFs from pics.
