Making HD video used to mean paid software or serious hardware. As of today, it's a free browser tab. Google Vids now lets anyone generate 1080p AI clips at no cost — open
vids.new, sign in with any Google account, and a result is ready in roughly 30 seconds.The engine is Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash: text, photos, audio, or existing footage in — video out. Scene extension, exact clip duration, and 1080p upscaling are all included. Every clip carries an invisible SynthID watermark.
Today also happens to be the day OpenAI's Sora API went permanently dark. One competitor's lights go out; a free alternative flips on the same afternoon.
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