It's becoming increasingly difficult to know what's really going on on the Internet, and Google isn't helping that one bit. Veo 3.1 announcement. The company's new video model supposedly offers better sound and realism, as well as greater accuracy. The updated video AI will be available across Google's ecosystem, including its movie-making tool Flow, where the new model will unlock additional features. And if you're worried about the cost of creating all those AI videos, Google is also adding a “fast” Veo option.
Veo made a splash when debuted earlier this yearshowing a stunning improvement in AI video quality just a few months after the release of Veo 2. It turns out that having all that video on YouTube is very useful for training AI models, which is why Google is already moving to Veo 3.1 with a lot of new features.
Google says Veo 3.1 enables stronger compliance, resulting in improved video quality and fewer unnecessary compute cycles. The sound, which was the hallmark of the Veo 3 version, has also reportedly improved. Veo 3's text-to-video conversion was limited to landscape orientation at 720p resolution, but there is a growing volume of vertical video on the Internet. Thus, Veo 3.1 can create both landscape and portrait videos in 16:9 format.
Google previously said it would bring Veo video tools to YouTube shortsthat use a vertical video format such as TikTok. The release of Veo 3.1 likely opens the door to delivering on that promise. You can bet that Veo videos will appear more often on TikTok now that they are consistent with the format. The release also keeps Google in the race with OpenAI, which recently released the Sora iPhone app with an impressive new version of its video-generating AI.
