Google has added text-prompted video creation using the video-creation model, Veo 2.
It's a feature available to Gemini Advanced users, which permits a limited number of 8-second videos to be created as part of your subscription.
As part of my Google Pixel 9 Pro XL ownership, I also happen to have a Google Gemini Advanced subscription.
Which, as of Tuesday 15 April, Google has just turbocharged with the addition of Veo 2 integration, which can create text-prompted videos that are 8 seconds long.
I rarely utilise AI tools in my workflow, but this Veo 2 integration is a bit of a game-changer. These aren't just throwaway video snippets, they're hyper-realistic if you prompt them to be, as per the goggle-adorning dog diving into a pool, below:
Yep, that's right. None of what you're looking at there is 'real', per se, it's entirely AI-generated, based upon text prompts, and now you can make your own personalised video snippets too.
Or, if hyper-realistic isn't for you, Veo 2's range is considerable enough to encapsulate other styles, say Japanese hand-drawn Anime animation style, or the more Dreamworks-like computer-generated style, as below. The choice is yours.
AI is increasingly omnipresent in our lives, which brings benefits as much as it does question marks. It's becoming increasingly difficult to determine the real from the generated being of one major concern.
Google's Veo 2-generated videos will be marked with SynthID, which is a digital watermark for AI-created imagery, videos and audio content. While that certainly applies here, it's not something all users will be looking out for – and I'm sure an abundance of Facebook posts will be actively aiming to fool users in little time.
If you're a Gemini Advanced subscriber via a Google One AI Premium plan – go check it out at gemini.google.com – then Veo 2 is a must-try new feature, no doubt. Get creative, have fun, dig in – but remember to use it responsibly.
