Veo 3.1

2025-10-15 · Publisher : Google · Domain : Artificial Intelligence

Google launches Veo 3.1 and Veo 3.1 Fast in paid preview in the Gemini API: richer native audio, better narrative control, image references, scene extension and transitions between first and last frame.

What changes

  • Richer native audio, from conversations to synchronized sound effects, and better understanding of cinematic styles.
  • Improved image-to-video: better prompt adherence, character consistency across multiple scenes.
  • "Ingredients to video": up to 3 reference images (character, object, scene) to guide generation.
  • Scene extension: continuing an existing clip to produce videos of one minute and more.
  • Transitions between a first and a last frame; output durations of 4, 6 and 8 seconds.

### Specifications - Identifiers: `veo-3.1-generate-preview` and `veo-3.1-fast-generate-preview`. - Availability: Gemini API (AI Studio), Vertex AI; Veo 3.1 also in the Gemini app and Flow. - The old Veo 3 preview identifiers are shut down on November 12, 2025. ### Pricing Same price as Veo 3 according to the post: 0.40 USD per second for Veo 3.1 and 0.15 USD per second for the Fast version at that date (Veo 3 pricing since September 8). The current pricing page has since displayed different grids (for example 0.10 to 0.30 USD per second for Fast depending on resolution). ### Benchmarks No numerical score published. ### Key takeaways The continuity features (references, extension, start and end frames) bring the API closer to a real video production tool.

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Tags : Vidéo, Google, DeepMind, Veo, Audio