Veo
Also known as: Veo 3, Veo 2, Google Veo, Google video generation
Veo 3 was announced at Google I/O 2025 and quickly got attention for a specific capability that Sora lacked: it generates audio along with video. Characters speak, environments have ambient sound, and music plays, all generated from the same text prompt that describes the scene. This makes Veo 3's output feel more like a finished media product rather than a silent clip to be edited.
Veo 3 is available to Google AI Ultra subscribers in the Gemini app for consumer use, and to developers via Vertex AI for building it into applications. Veo 2, still available, added camera controls, outpainting, and object add/remove capabilities for more precise edits.
For builders creating content tools, marketing assets, or creative applications, Veo and Sora represent the two leading options in AI video generation. The choice currently often comes down to whether you need native audio (Veo 3 advantage) or whether you're already deep in the OpenAI ecosystem (Sora advantage).