{
  "id": 17592416,
  "title": "There’s a Free Video Editor Inside Google Drive That Anyone Can Use",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/theres-a-free-video-editor-inside-google-drive-that-anyone-can-use",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-01T12:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Wired",
    "slug": "wired",
    "url": "https://www.wired.com/story/google-vids-free-video-editor-inside-google-drive/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Google Workspace offers more features than many people realize, including a free video editing tool called Google Vids. Initially launched for business and enterprise users in 2024, it became available to everyone in 2026 and is regularly updated by Google. Although it doesn't support professional-level, high-resolution, multitrack video editing, it is perfectly suited for personal and hobbyist use.\n\nTo access Google Vids, open Google Drive on the web and either click New and Google Vids, or visit the Google Vids app page and click the + (plus) button under Start a new video. Once there, users can begin with a clean slate or choose from various options to get started, such as generating AI videos, turning a slideshow into a video, using a template, uploading an existing video, creating an AI music track, recording a video using their camera, producing a video with an AI avatar, or creating a storyboard outline. Users can also select the video orientation at the top of the interface.\n\nFor those new to Google Vids, picking a template can help ease the learning process. When selecting a template, the topic isn't as crucial as the layout. Look for a template that closely matches the desired creation. After choosing a template, users are prompted to decide whether to use the entire template or just selected scenes. This leads to the video editing interface, which is similar to other timeline-based video editors. The bottom of the interface contains video and audio tracks, while the main window displays the currently selected segment of the video. The right panel allows users to edit whatever is currently selected, offering options to load in new content, such as webcam clips, AI videos, footage from Google Drive and Google Photos, voiceovers, and text, images, music, and shapes. Along the top of the interface are additional editing and formatting tools, allowing users to change transitions between scenes, arrange elements in a scene, add new scenes, and manage the entire video project.\n\nTo build video projects with Google Vids, users can load in audio, video, and images via the buttons on the right. They can create a new scene by clicking the + (plus) button on the timeline and dragging in a photo or video from the right-hand panel. Right-clicking on the timeline offers various options, such as muting audio tracks, adding voiceovers or different music, splitting scenes, duplicating scenes, and adjusting elements like fades and transitions. Users can also select elements in a scene to change text and styling, adjust position, size, and rotation, animate text, resize text boxes, and use handles for positioning, sizing, and rotating text. If more material is needed, users can explore the Stock option, which provides a library of additional content beyond their own material and AI-generated content. Overall, Google Vids offers a range of features for creating personal and hobbyist videos, with all edits saved instantly and accessible via the Play and Share buttons.",
  "summary": "You may not have noticed everything Google’s free software suite offers—especially a web app called Google Vids.",
  "key_points": [
    "Google Vids, a free video editor, launched for everyone in 2026",
    "Offers AI video generation, slideshow-to-video conversion, templates, and more",
    "Provides timeline-based editing with audio, video, and image integration"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}