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Google Vids now lets you star in your own AI videos

TechCrunch · Jul 16, 2026, 6:32 PM UTC

Google is adding personalized AI avatars to Vids that let users create videos starring a digital version of themselves, alongside Gemini Omni-powered tools for generating and editing videos from prompts and reference images.

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