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TL;DR

• •Google Vids now lets you create custom avatars using just photos.
• •Previously, you could only choose from predefined characters or use your own AI avatar generated through a long process in Gemini.
• •The new option makes it as simple as uploading an image, which it processes and enhances itself.

Google Vids is a video editing platform part of the Workspace suite of apps. While you can just edit videos on a typical timeline, Gemini adds a lot more features, including the options to turn Docs or Slides into videos, edit videos with simple text-based prompts, and even transform how people in the videos look. Besides video editing, Vids also lets you generate human-looking (or human-inspired) characters using AI, with options to customize characteristics such as age, gender, race, and more. Now, Google is adding more options to customize the avatar and make it resemble you.

Google is now adding an option in the Vids app that lets you create custom avatars using just images. Previously, users were required to go through the entire process of creating an avatar in Gemini using Google’s likeness tool. The latter required scanning your face from different angles and recording your voice.