Google has begun rolling out Video Remix, a new feature that lets users edit and transform videos saved in Google Photos using artificial intelligence. Powered by Google's Gemini Omni model, the tool is designed to automate video editing, sparing users from learning complex software such as Premiere Pro by generating edits from simple prompts. The feature matters as a further push by Google to embed generative AI directly into its consumer products.

Found in the Create tab of Google Photos, Video Remix offers a library of templates to reimagine footage, with examples including overlaying a watercolour filter, adding morning lighting to a dark scene or swapping in a different background. Google says edits take only a few seconds to process. Gemini Omni, announced in May as the successor to Nano Banana and the Veo 3.1 video generator, accepts a wider range of inputs, better models physical forces such as gravity, and can insert users into videos via a digital avatar watermarked by Google's SynthID tool. Video Remix is launching for Google AI Plus, Pro and Ultra subscribers in the US and select countries from today.