Veo is Google’s answer to high-end video generators. It’s not an app per se, but a fundamental AI model (developed by Google DeepMind) that creates pixels from scratch.

What Veo Can Do (as of Veo 3 / end of 2025)

Since its initial announcement in May 2024, the model has evolved significantly. The current iteration (Veo 3) offers features that go far beyond simple GIFs:

• High Resolution & Length: Veo generates videos in 1080p and now up to 4K resolution. It can maintain consistency across sequences longer than one minute.
• Physics & Realism: Unlike early AI models, where objects often appeared blurry or behaved in physically impossible ways, Veo understands complex motion sequences (e.g., fluids, light reflections).
• Cinematic Control: The model understands film industry terminology. Prompts such as “pan shot,” “aerial view,” and “timelapse” are executed precisely.
• Native Audio Generation: Since Veo 3 (released mid-2025), the model generates synchronized audio to the video—a crucial step toward ending the “silent film era” of AI.

Areas of Application:

Veo is primarily aimed at the creative industry. It is the tool for filmmakers, advertisers, and content creators who need shot generation. It’s available through tools like VideoFX (Google’s experimental lab) and increasingly in YouTube Shorts (“Dream Screen”).

Quote from DeepMind: “Veo bridges the gap between imagination and visual outcome, enabling a level of control previously reserved for filmmakers with large budgets.”

The Core Features (as of November 2025)

• AI-Powered Storyboarding: You provide Vids with a document (e.g., a PDF or a Google Doc), and the AI ​​(Gemini) automatically generates a draft video script and storyboard.
• The Modular Approach: Vids doesn’t necessarily recreate every pixel. It accesses a vast library of stock videos, images, and music and combines them with the user’s own recordings (e.g., screen recordings).
• Voiceovers & Avatars: Vids offers high-quality AI voices for reading scripts aloud. Recent updates (Nov. 2025) have made these features available to a wider range of users (outside of expensive enterprise subscriptions).
• Collaboration: Just like in Google Docs, teams can work on, comment on, and edit the same video simultaneously.

Source References (Selection & Context)

The information in this article is based on Google’s developments and announcements between 2024 and the end of 2025:

• Google DeepMind / Veo Launch:
• Origin: Introduction at Google I/O 2024.
• Source: Google DeepMind Blog – Veo Announcement & Google Blog: Introducing Veo
• Google Vids Development & Features:
• Workspace Integration: Announced at Google Cloud Next ’24 and ongoing updates on the Workspace Blog.
• Source: Google Workspace Blog – Vids
• Current Updates (as of Nov 2025):
• Expanded Access: Reports on the expansion of AI capabilities in Vids for Gmail users and the integration of Veo 3.
• Source: Google Workspace Updates Feed & Tech reporting (e.g., The Verge or TechCrunch Archive on Veo 3 releases in 2025).
• Technical details on Veo 3:
• Source: Google Cloud Vertex AI document on Veo (This contains specifications for resolution and audio features).
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