Google updates its AI video editor Vids with Gemini Omni and a feature that lets users create custom digital avatars using a selfie and voice recording (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/16/google-vids-now-lets-you-star-in-your-own-ai-videos/"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260716/i51.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260716/p51#a260716p51" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Sarah Perez / <a href="http://techcrunch.com/">TechCrunch</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/16/google-vids-now-lets-you-star-in-your-own-ai-videos/">Google updates its AI video editor Vids with Gemini Omni and a feature that lets users create custom digital avatars using a selfie and voice recording</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; OpenAI's Sora may have shut down, but Google apparently thinks there's still interest in a tool that lets you star in your own AI videos.</p>