Earlier this year
we launched AI avatars in
Google Vids to streamline video creation, and today we’re excited to announce that our avatars are now powered by Veo 3.1, Google’s state-of-the-art video generation model.
This upgrade is so powerful that in evaluations, people prefer Vids avatars five times more often than those on other platforms. Now our avatars are:
- More realistic and natural: Avatars deliver heightened expression, smoother lip-syncing, and steadier framing, resulting in a truly professional look.
- Faster to create: Generate high-quality avatars faster than ever, at no additional cost.
Avatars help improve viewer watch time and engagement without the need for cameras or re-recording. Use avatars in scenarios like:
- Training videos: Upskill your workforce with guided speaking.
- Internal announcements: Announce updates with a consistent character.
- Custom support walkthroughs: Quickly make engaging walkthroughs to solve common user issues.
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Vids avatar creation experience |
Getting started
- Admins: There is no admin control for this feature.
- End users: There is no end user setting for this feature. Visit the Help Center to learn more.
Note: Workspace customers will get promotional access to higher usage limits of Veo 3.1 avatars in Vids for at least 30 days, allowing users to experiment with these features. Per-user usage limits will apply afterward; we’ll provide more information in a future update prior to any changes.
Rollout pace
Availability
Available for Google Workspace:
- Business Starter **, Standard and Plus
- Enterprise Starter **, Standard and Plus
- Essentials, Enterprise Essentials and Enterprise Essentials Plus
- Nonprofits**
- Education Plus** and Teaching and Learning add-on**
Also available to:
- Google AI Pro and Ultra
- Google AI Pro for Education
**For a limited time, at least through May 31, 2026, Business Starter, Enterprise Starter, Nonprofit, Education Plus, and Teaching and Learning add-on accounts can access generative AI features in Vids. Learn about Google Vids availability.
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What’s changing
We’re introducing a new setting in Google Chat that gives users more control over who can invite them to 1:1 conversations and spaces. While the default setting allows invitations from anyone, users can now choose to restrict incoming requests to known senders only. This restriction can be done for 1:1 conversations, spaces, or both.
If a user restricts this setting, they can only be contacted by someone outside their organization if they’ve previously interacted with that person or if the person is in their contacts. Invitations from users who do not meet this criteria will be sent to spam.
Note that this setting has no impact on messages between users of the same domain; these invitations will not be sent to spam regardless of whether the users have had prior conversations.
Getting started
Rollout pace
Availability
- Available to all Google Workspace customers and users with personal Google accounts
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We’re excited to introduce the new
Feeds app for Google Chat. This app makes it simple for teams to bring important, real-time external updates—such as news, blog posts, and industry research from any Atom or RSS feed—directly into their group conversations and spaces.
The goal is to eliminate the need for context switching to monitor external information sources. By connecting an RSS/Atom feed, new posts are automatically sent to a designated space in Chat, keeping all team members up-to-date in the context of ongoing project discussions.
Key features include:
- Automatic content delivery: New posts from the subscribed feed are delivered directly as messages in Chat.
- Add multiple subscriptions: Users can add and manage multiple feeds using the app settings panel.
- Configurable by space: Subscriptions are managed per-space, and only the user who created a subscription can edit or delete it.
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Updates from your subscriptions are posted directly in the conversation of your choice
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Manage your subscriptions via a command in the integration menu
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Getting started
Rollout pace
Availability
- Available to all Google Workspace customers that have enabled Chat apps in their domain, Workspace Individual subscribers, and users with personal Google accounts
Resources
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