{
  "id": 17934894,
  "title": "Creating your own avatar in Google Vids just got a lot easier",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/creating-your-own-avatar-in-google-vids-just-got-a-lot-easier",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-03T08:23:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Android Authority",
    "slug": "android-authority",
    "url": "https://www.androidauthority.com/google-vids-ai-avatar-from-photo-3730994/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Google Vids, a video editing platform that is part of the Workspace suite of apps, has just made it easier for users to create their own avatars. Previously, users could only choose from predefined characters or use an AI-generated avatar created through a lengthy process in Gemini, which involved scanning your face from different angles and recording your voice.\n\nNow, Google is adding a new feature that allows users to create custom avatars using just images. This option makes the avatar creation process as simple as uploading an image, which Google Vids will then process and enhance. The update to Google Vids is part of the company's efforts to make video editing more accessible and user-friendly.\n\nBesides video editing, Google Vids also offers features such as transforming Docs or Slides into videos, editing videos with simple text-based prompts, and even transforming how people in the videos look. With this new option, users can now further customize their avatars by choosing their age, gender, and race, making the avatars look more like them.",
  "summary": "Google Vids now lets you create your digital twin using just a photo of you.",
  "key_points": [
    "Google Vids simplifies avatar creation with image uploads.",
    "Users can customize avatars by selecting age, gender, and race.",
    "New feature makes video editing more accessible and user-friendly."
  ],
  "editors_take": "Simplifying avatar creation through image uploads lowers the barrier to entry for Workspace users, turning complex video production into a more accessible and highly personalized creative process.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}