Google Vids creates free 15-second AI videos

Google Vids now lets you create AI-generated videos of up to 15 seconds using Omni 1.2 Flash, at no cost. The feature is available to anyone with a Google account or a Google Workspace subscription, with a limit of three videos per month.

Vids is Google's tool for creating and editing videos. With this new model, you can describe an idea and turn it into a ready-to-use clip without having to record footage, assemble scenes or learn how to use a complicated editor.

What you can do with this feature

• Create product promotions: generate short videos for social media, ads or promotional materials from a description.
• Turn images into video: upload a photo from a trip, a school project or educational material and animate its elements.
• Keep scenes and characters consistent: characters and settings can maintain a similar appearance from the first frame to the last.
• Add more natural narration: the model improves voiceovers so that explainer videos, previews and social clips sound less artificial.

For example, you could upload an image of a product and request a 15-second vertical video showing it on a table, with a voiceover explaining its features. You could also turn a classroom illustration into a short animation to make a topic easier to understand.

What this changes for you

The main development is not just that Google Vids can generate video, but that it does so inside a familiar creation tool with limited free access. You can try out an idea, prepare a quick post or transform an image without subscribing to a specialized service.

The limit matters: three 15-second videos per month. The feature is useful for experimenting and producing occasional clips, but it is not the same as having unlimited video generation.

Google presents Omni 1.2 Flash as its latest video model within Vids. To try it, go to vids.new with your Google account.

The next question is how well it maintains quality when instructions become more complex and whether the free limit changes over time. For now, Google Vids makes short clip creation accessible to anyone who can describe what they want to see.