Get started with Google Vids

Feature availability

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

Google Vids is an AI-powered video creation app for work. Use Vids to create, write, produce, edit, collaborate, and share your videos. Learn about Google Vids availability.

In this article, learn how to:

Important:

  • New features for Vids are rolling out gradually, and may not be available to you yet.
  • Vids generative AI features, like "help me create" and read-along teleprompter, are only available in English at this time.
  • Videos created with Vids have a maximum duration of 10 minutes.

Create a new video

You can create a new video, or make a new version of a video already created in Vids by copying and editing a video that’s already been made.

  1. On your computer, open Google Vids.
  2. Choose an option to create a new video:

Tip: To start a video from scratch, click Close to close the window and open your new video.

Copy a video

You can copy an existing video in Google Vids to build a new or updated version.

  1. On your computer, open Google Vids.
  2. Double-click to open the video you want to copy.
  3. Click File and then Make a copy .
    • Tips:
      • To make a copy of a video from Drive, right-click to open the menu bar and then click Make a copy .
      • You can copy the full video or selected scenes.

Edit & format a video

You can add, edit, or format text, images, or videos in each scene and you can customize transitions between scenes.

Share & collaborate with Vids

You can share your videos and select whether collaborators can view, edit, or comment on them.

You can choose to share videos created in Vids as:

  • Google Vids files
  • MP4s in Google Drive
  • MP4s downloaded to your device

Tip: To collaborate with others on your video, share as a Google Vids file and choose an access level:

  • Commenters: Can add comments to the video but can’t make changes to the video.
  • Editors: Can add comments and make changes to the video.

Watch a video shared with you

Anyone with a Google account can view a video shared with Google Vids.

Tip: To access Google Vids on your mobile device, you can use a compatible web browser. You can watch processed videos on your mobile device but you can’t edit or add comments to videos.

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