Google Vids announced today that it’s making AI avatars available to free accounts, with the Workspace video creation tool now used by 7 million users every month.

AI avatars in Google Vids act as digital presenters that can be “re-scripted whenever your message or content needs an update.” The Google Slides integration lets you easily convert presentations into video. Google Vids can automatically create a storyboard and script for the avatar.

You’re able to choose from a gallery of “high-quality” avatars or generate custom ones using Nano Banana 2. All free personal users now get 10 video generations per month, “which can be split between avatars and Veo video generation.” It is coming first to the US with a global expansion this summer.

Meanwhile, Google is adding the ability to steer the emotion of avatars and “fine-tune their delivery of your message to perfectly match your intent.” Coming soon, this will also be available for AI voiceovers on both free and paid accounts.

Paid users (including AI Pro and Ultra) will soon get the ability to generate AI voiceovers to narrate Slides in French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish.

Additionally, custom avatars can be directed to walk, talk, and interact with objects. Items or products can be added as ingredients and specifying a prompt.

The final announcement today allows Veo generation “without duration limits,” which was previously at 8 seconds.