Following Sora’s departure from OpenAI last week, Google said today that it is committed to offering video generation while announcing I see 3.1 Lite.
Veo 3.1 Lite sits below Veo 3.1 Fast, with Veo 3.1 remaining on top. This new offering is Google’s “most profitable video model.”
Designed for “high-volume video applications,” this model supports text-to-video and image-to-video, as well as 720p or 1080p resolutions with horizontal (16:9) and vertical (9:16) aspect ratios. It offers the same generation speed as Veo 3.1 Fast.
Developers can also customize the duration to 4, 6, or 8 seconds, and the cost adjusts accordingly.
As for pricing, it is “less than 50% of the cost of Veo 3.1 Fast,” which will drop in price on April 7.
Veo 3.1 Lite launches today on Gemini API and Google AI Studio.
Google ends the announcement with the following note: “Our commitment to making video generation more available to developers does not end with the release of Veo 3.1 Lite. Stay tuned for more updates soon!” Others in the company have posted about how “Video is here to stay..”
Veo is built into several Google products right now, including YouTube Shorts, Google Photos, Google Vids, and the Gemini app. There is also the dedicated Flow tool.
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