Veo 3.1 — Cinematic AI Videos with Native Audio in 4K

Veo 3.1 is Google's video model with native audio. Describe a scene — including what people say — and get a short cinematic clip with matching dialogue and sound effects. Type a prompt below to try it.

  • Google DeepMind video model
  • Native dialogue and sound effects
  • 720p, 1080p or 4K
  • 4–8 second clips
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Why Veo 3.1 Is One of the Best AI Video Generators

Veo 3.1 is the choice when a clip has to look and sound like a finished shot. It generates picture and audio together, follows film language well, and turns a still image into a believable moving scene.

  • Native synchronized audio

    Dialogue, sound effects and ambience are generated with the video and line up with what happens on screen.

  • Cinematic look

    Understands shot types, camera moves, lighting and genre styles, so prompts written like a shot list work well.

  • Better image to video

    Start from your own picture as the first frame; Google improved prompt adherence and quality for image-to-video in 3.1.

  • Up to 4K

    Output at 720p, 1080p or 4K in landscape 16:9 or vertical 9:16.

What Veo 3.1 can do

  • Text to video

    Describe subject, action, setting, camera and sound in one prompt.

  • First frame to video

    Upload one image to use as the opening frame and describe how the scene should move.

  • Dialogue in quotes

    Write lines in quotation marks, for example: the barista says "Your usual?" — and the character speaks them.

  • Sound effects and ambience

    Name the sounds you want — rain on a window, footsteps, a distant train — or turn audio off for silent clips.

  • 4, 6 or 8 seconds

    Short, focused shots that are easy to cut together into a longer edit.

  • Landscape or vertical

    16:9 for YouTube and widescreen, 9:16 for Reels, Shorts and TikTok.

Use cases

Starting points you can copy into the generator above.

Use caseGood forExample prompt
Short adsProduct moments with voice-over-style lines and sound.

Close-up of a hand pouring iced coffee into a glass on a sunny café counter, ice cracking and coffee splashing, a woman off-screen says "Summer starts here", warm cinematic light, slow push-in

Story scenesShort dramatic moments with dialogue between characters.

Two friends sitting on a train at night, city lights passing outside, one turns and says "We should have left earlier", the other laughs softly, quiet rumble of the train, handheld medium shot

Animate a photoBring a still image to life as the first frame.

The camera slowly drifts forward as the lanterns in the picture begin to sway in the evening breeze, distant crowd chatter and soft music

Nature and travelAtmospheric establishing shots with natural sound.

Aerial shot gliding over a misty pine forest at sunrise toward a still lake, birds calling, gentle wind, cinematic color grading

Vertical social clips9:16 clips made for short-video feeds.

Vertical shot of a street food vendor flipping noodles in a flaming wok at a night market, sizzling and crowd noise, vibrant neon colors

Mood piecesGenre-styled shots for trailers and mood boards.

Film noir style: a detective in a trench coat lights a cigarette under a flickering streetlamp in the rain, saxophone in the distance, black and white, low angle

Veo 3.1 in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Describe the shot or add a first frame

    Write the action, camera and sound; put any spoken lines in quotes. Or upload one image to start the video from.

  2. 2

    Pick duration, resolution and format

    Choose 4, 6 or 8 seconds, 720p to 4K, 16:9 or 9:16, and whether to generate audio. The credit cost is shown before you submit.

  3. 3

    Generate and keep your video

    Videos take a few minutes and are saved to My works. If a video fails, its credits are refunded automatically.

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Frequently asked questions

Yes. Audio is on by default and includes dialogue, sound effects and ambience synchronized with the picture. You can switch it off for a silent clip.

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  • Clips up to 8s
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