Google has released updates to Veo 3.1, enhancing its Ingredients to Video feature with improved visual consistency, native vertical video generation, and higher-resolution output options. The update applies across consumer products and developer platforms, supporting both mobile-first creation and professional video workflows.
Veo 3.1: What’s new
Improved Ingredients to Video generation
Veo 3.1 continues to generate videos from reference images, with improved handling of motion, dialogue, and scene flow, even when prompts are brief. The model now produces more coherent and visually consistent clips.
Character identity consistency
Character identity is better preserved across scenes and environments. A character can now appear in multiple clips while maintaining consistent visual traits, supporting longer and multi-scene narratives.
Background and object consistency
Backgrounds, objects, textures, and environments can remain consistent across scenes. Creators can reuse visual elements and maintain scene integrity throughout a sequence.
Blending of visual elements
Characters, objects, textures, and stylized backgrounds can be combined more cohesively within a single clip, reducing visual mismatches between elements.
Native vertical video generation
Ingredients to Video now supports native portrait (9:16) output. Videos are generated directly in a vertical format instead of being cropped from landscape, improving composition and visual accuracy for mobile and short-form platforms.
Higher-resolution outputs
Veo 3.1 introduces improved 1080p output and adds support for 4K video generation using state-of-the-art upscaling techniques. The updated 1080p output is suited for editing workflows, while 4K output targets large-screen and professional use cases.
AI-generated video verification
Videos generated using Google’s tools include SynthID, an imperceptible digital watermark used to identify AI-generated content. Video verification has also been added to the Gemini app, allowing users to upload a video and check whether it was generated using Google AI.
Availability
For consumers and creators, Veo 3.1 Ingredients to Video is available in YouTube Shorts, the YouTube Create app, and the Gemini app, including native vertical video support.
- For professional and enterprise users, the updated Ingredients to Video feature and portrait mode are available in Flow, Google Vids, the Gemini API, and Vertex AI.
- Improved 1080p and 4K output options are supported on Flow, the Gemini API, and Vertex AI, with access also provided through Google AI Studio.