Instead of typing out every detail about the objects you want in a video, the new tool lets you upload a photo and just add instructions for how you want them to move.

Your smartphone camera roll just became raw material for AI-generated movies. Google’s Gemini can now animate your static photos into eight-second videos complete with sound-no film school required.

One aspect of AI that is rapidly developing is video generation, and Google has developed its Veo 3 model to focus on that. The tech giant has just added a new trick to Gemini and Veo, and that's the power to generate videos, eight seconds long, from a still image. It's not a new concept, but this is arguably the best execution of it yet.