Good morning. Google just opened up free AI video generation inside Google Vids (powered by Veo 3.1) alongside a big batch of new features for paid subscribers.
PLUS: HeyGen launched "Avatar Shots," Figma added "Make Kits," and more.
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🎬 Google Vids adds free video generation with "Veo 3.1"
Google Vids just got a major AI upgrade (and the biggest part is free). All personal Google accounts now get 10 video generations per month using Veo 3.1, Google's latest video model.
Turn a prompt or a photo into a polished video clip (no paid plan needed).
Creating music and captions with Google Vids
Google AI Pro, Ultra, and Workspace subscribers also unlock:
AI music scoring: Compose original soundtracks powered by Lyria 3, from short 30-second clips to full three-minute tracks, matched to your video's vibe
Directable AI avatars: Place avatars into specific scenes and have them interact directly with uploaded objects and props, not just talk to the camera.
Avatar customization: Swap outfits, adjust appearance, and change backgrounds, all while keeping their voice and identity consistent.
And available to everyone at no cost: a new Chrome extension screen recorder that lets you capture your screen from anywhere in your browser, plus direct YouTube publishing right from Vids (exports default to Private so you can review before sharing).
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Google AI Ultra accounts also now get up to 1,000 Veo generations per month.
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🧱 Figma launches "Make Kits" and "Make Attachments" for its AI builder
Figma just rolled out two new features for Figma Make, its AI-powered prototyping tool, that give you far more control over what gets built.
Make Kits
Make Kits let you teach Make how your design system works.
Upload your components, styles, and guidelines once, and Make will reference them every time it generates, so the output looks like yours, not a generic template.
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🎭 HeyGen launches "Avatar Shots" powered by Seedance 2.0
Generated with HeyGen Avatar Shots
HeyGen is the first platform to bring Seedance 2.0 into a production-ready workflow, and they've used it to launch a new feature called Avatar Shots.
Other platforms running Seedance 2.0 can't generate human faces (the public API blocks it). HeyGen is the only platform that can, because they built first-party consent and identity verification into the foundation from day one.
Every digital twin created on HeyGen requires verified video consent from the person it's based on (no exceptions). BytePlus granted HeyGen this access specifically because of that safety infrastructure.
Avatar Shots moves your AI avatar well beyond the talking-head format. Your digital twin can now move through real scenes, share frames with other avatars, and interact with its surroundings.
Here's what's new:
Your likeness in motion: Consistent facial identity across multiple scenes and camera angles.
Multi-character scenes: Place two or more avatars in the same shot.
Dynamic camera work: Cinematic movement, not static clips.
What's Seedance 2.0? Seedance 2.0 is a video generation model from BytePlus, a division of ByteDance (the company behind TikTok and CapCut). It's designed for generating highly controllable, cinematic video with realistic motion, and HeyGen is the first to bring it into a production-ready avatar workflow.
Note: Avatar Shots is available via business email verification in all regions except the US and Japan.
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📰 Other news you might've missed:
Figma Buzz added built-in approvals to its brand asset tool.
Canva announced it's investing in solar farms to power its operations.
Notion overhauled its duplication system with a unified framework — now at a 99.9% success rate and 71% faster for large content.
Replit upgraded its Agent to build mobile and web apps from a single prompt, sharing the same backend and database across both platforms
Cursor released Cursor 3.
ElevenLabs partnered with Slack to give SlackBot a voice, letting teams automate workflows and generate natural-sounding audio inside Slack via ElevenAgents.
beehiiv launched Podcasts, allowing you to host, distribute, and monetize your podcast directly on beehiiv, with auto-transcripts, IAB-compliant analytics, and private feeds for paying subscribers.
Lovable launched a full-stack visual editor, letting you visually edit anything in your project (even values connected to a live database).
Framer shipped a new Holo Shader effect.
Anything now allows you to build apps inside iMessage.
HeyGen partnered with Gamma to let you go from a prompt to a slide deck to an avatar video in one flow.
Freepik launched Seedance 2.0 on its platform for Business and Enterprise accounts across 150+ countries (the US and some regions excluded).
Cap released v0.4.82 with transcript-based editing, exports up to 97% smaller, and faster on-device transcription via Parakeet.
ProducerAI became available at no extra cost for Google AI Plus, Pro, and Ultra subscribers.
