Google Is Bringing Its Ai-powered Photo-to-video Capability To More Apps

Google is adding caller AI-powered features to Google Photos and YouTube Shorts that let users to toggle shape their photos into videos. The devices are akin to nan Veo 3-powered photo-to-video capabilities that were added to Google’s Gemini app earlier this month, only they’re powered by Google’s older Veo 2 video exemplary alternatively and person much limitations.

The photo-to-video AI procreation successful Google Photos is restricted to making six-second clips, while the YouTube Shorts version allows users to prime what clip magnitude to generate. Unlike successful Gemini aliases utilizing Veo 2 itself, however, neither instrumentality allows users to participate their ain punctual descriptions to guideline nan results. Instead, users tin only prime from a database of provided prompts, specified arsenic “Subtle movements” aliases “I’m emotion lucky” successful Google Photos.

The characteristic is starting to rotation retired coming successful nan US for Google Photos connected Android and iOS devices, and complete nan adjacent week for YouTube Shorts users successful nan US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

A Remix instrumentality for Google Photos will besides beryllium disposable to Android and iOS users successful nan US successful nan adjacent fewer weeks. This instrumentality transforms photos into a different style, including anime, comics, sketches, and 3D animation. The photo-to-video and Remix devices will beryllium housed nether a caller Create tab successful nan Photos app that’s launching successful nan US adjacent month. The Create tab places nan devices alongside different imaginative features for illustration collages, item video, and more, truthful that they’re each successful 1 spot and easier to find.

Google warns users that nan Remix and photo-to-video features are “experimental” and whitethorn nutrient inaccurate results. You tin thumbs up aliases thumbs down connected generated images and videos to supply feedback that Google tin usage to amended nan devices going forward. All videos and photos generated will see Google’s invisible SynthID integer watermark. Videos generated successful Photos will besides transportation a visible watermark that makes them easier to place arsenic AI-generated astatine a glance.

The YouTube Shorts camera is besides getting caller generative AI effects that tin create images based connected doodles and use video effects to selfies that copy nan personification aliases make them look for illustration they’re swimming underwater. YouTube is making these effects and different generative AI devices easier for Shorts users to find pinch a caller AI Playground hub, which users tin entree by tapping nan sparkle icon successful nan apical correct area erstwhile creating a video. AI Playground is disposable now for Shorts users successful nan US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand “to start,” according to Google.

This update adds to nan generative AI capabilities successful Google Photos that were already miles up of thing that Apple provides successful nan iOS Photos app. The 2 companies person different approaches, however: while Google lets your imagination tally chaotic (sometimes to concerning limits), Apple’s Image Playground instrumentality won’t make photorealistic images, successful bid to mitigate concerns complete things for illustration deepfakes and misinformation.