Add audio to a video in Google Vids

Important: Learn which Google Account types have access to Google Vids and different Vids features.

Add audio tracks, sound effects, or music to your video, including:

• Your own sounds or music from Drive or from your computer
• Pre-recorded audio/voice-over
• Voice-over/audio recording in Vids
• Stock sounds or music from the Vids stock media library

Once you’ve added audio, you can adjust using audio tracks. Learn how to control audio timing & transitions with audio tracks.

Add audio from Drive

You can upload and insert your own audio from Google Drive.

1. On your computer, open a video in Google Vids.
2. Click to select a scene in the timeline.
3. In the sidebar, click My media , or at the top, click Insert My media .
4. Find the file you want to add in the “My media” panel.
   • Tip: Search your files or filter by folder or media type.
5. To add to your video, click the file.

Learn about audio types that can be uploaded in Google Vids

The following audio file types can be uploaded to a video in Google Vids:

• flac
• m4a
• Mp3
• mp4
• mpeg
• Mpeg3
• ogg
• wav
• x-flac
• X-m4a
• x-wav

Upload audio from your computer

You can upload and insert your own audio from a file on your computer.

1. At the top, click Insert Upload.
2. Select the audio file you want to add.

• Tip: You can also drag and drop an audio file from your computer into a scene in your video.

Related resources

• Control visual timing with object tracks
• Create scripts & voiceovers in Google Vids
• Add stock media & generated images in Google Vids