Google today announced Veo 3.1 as its latest video generation model, with Flow getting a number of updates to take advantage of the latest capabilities.
Compared to Veo 3, which was announced at I/O 2025 in May, this new version offers richer audio and “enhanced realism that captures true-to-life textures.” Veo 3.1 has a deeper understanding of storytelling, cinematic styles, and character interactions to give you more narrative control. The image-to-video capability benefits from improved audio-visual quality and better follows your prompt.
Veo 3.1 and Veo 3.1 Fast are available in the Gemini app, as well as the Gemini API and Vertex AI, to power text-to-video and image-to-video for horizontal (16×9) and vertical (9×16) outputs.
Meanwhile, Google is updating the Flow filmmaking tool to take advantage of Veo 3.1. Audio generation is coming to:
- Ingredients to Video: This can include images of multiple characters, objects, and styles
- Scene extension: You can Extend an existing clip, with Google basing it on the last second
- Frames to Video: This lets you specify the starting and ending images, with Flow bridging the two
Flow is getting new editing capabilities. You can insert elements like objects, characters, and details, with Google handling shadows, scene lighting, and other complex details to make everything look natural.
Coming soon is the ability to remove objects and characters from a scene, with Flow working to reconstruct the background and surroundings to make the edit seamless.
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