Google’s newest video-generation mannequin, Veo 3, is coming to Google Pictures. The brand new mannequin, out there on the cell app’s “Create” tab, will enable customers within the U.S. to show their nonetheless pictures into video clips.
Google Pictures already provides video technology 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 deliver its newest AI tech to shoppers by way of its merchandise — Google Pictures, for example, had over 1.5 billion month-to-month energetic customers as of Might 2025.
Launched in Might at its I/O developer convention, Google introduced Veo 3, which added image-to-video technology, to its Gemini app in July, making it out there 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 Pictures, the corporate imagines customers bringing reminiscences to life, and even animating older photographs. The prevailing 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 “refined actions,” or a shock animation by tapping an “I’m feeling fortunate” button. The mannequin then generates a six-second clip you could possibly 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 Pictures app the place customers can discover artistic instruments and options powered by AI. Along with Veo 3, these embody a remix choice to vary a photograph’s type; make a collage; put collectively montages out of your galleries; create shifting, 3D photographs referred to as “cinematic” photographs; and a software to make GIFs from pics.