According to foreign media Android Authority, Google is continuously adding new features to its AI digital assistant, Gemini. Following improvements in deep contextual understanding, file processing optimization, and cross-application linking, the code within the Google app indicates that Gemini will soon be able to generate videos.
The code in version 16.6.23 of the Google app hints at this new feature. The term "videogen" (video generation) appears alongside "robin" (the codename for Gemini's functionality). The related code files also contain the following strings:
We also discovered code files referencing "videogen" along with the following strings:
Although more code cannot currently be found, it can be inferred that "videogen" likely refers to the video generation feature, and the aforementioned strings indicate the operational status prompts for this functionality within Gemini.
It is worth noting that Google has already provided AI video generation through Google Vids, but it is not a generative AI system. Google Vids guides users through the processes of ideation, scripting, layout, and editing, offering step-by-step assistance from concept to video. Users can create drafts, remove image backgrounds, generate AI images, add voiceovers, and record teleprompter readings in Google Vids. Integrating a similar system into Gemini seems logical.
Currently, the video generation feature in Gemini has not been launched, and the release date and specific details remain unclear.