Google Veo 3.1, online

Google's video model and the most expensive lane here, which is the honest headline: you pick Veo when the shot has to be right rather than cheap. It generates sound with the picture, and it accepts either a first and last frame to interpolate between or a small set of ingredient images to keep a look consistent.

Which plan: Included from Starter.

What it is good at

Native audio

Dialogue, ambience and effects are generated with the frames rather than dubbed over them.

First and last frame

Give it where the shot starts and where it ends and it works out the movement between.

Ingredient images

A small set of stills keeps a character, a product or a palette steady across the clip.

How to prompt this model

Direct the shot and its sound as separate parts of the scene.

Describe subject, action, environment, framing and camera movement in concrete language.
With first and last frames, describe the journey between them; with Ingredients, explain each reference's role.
When sound is enabled, specify ambience and any exact dialogue separately from visual action.

Example prompt

A ceramic artist places a blue bowl on a wooden shelf. The camera tracks the hands in close-up. With sound enabled: a soft ceramic tap and quiet room ambience.

Read the prompting tutorial. Select this model before using Enhance prompt to apply its guidance to your draft.

Sources: Google Veo prompting guide.

The specifics

Setting	Details
Made by	Google
Runs	Text to video, with native audio
Frame control	First and last frame, or ingredient images
Reference images	Up to 3
Opens at	Starter

A prompt to start from

A lighthouse keeper climbing a spiral stair at dawn, lantern swinging, the sea booming somewhere below, camera following one step behind

Open Google Veo 3.1 in the studio — Choose the model and review your prompt and quote before generating.

Questions people ask

Does Veo 3.1 generate audio?

Yes, natively — the sound is produced with the picture rather than added afterwards.

Why is Veo more expensive than the other video models?

It bills at a much higher rate per second than the other lanes here, and we pass that through rather than hiding it. The price you see in the prompt bar before you press Generate is the price you pay.

Can I control where the shot starts and ends?

Yes — attach a first and a last frame and Veo interpolates the movement between them. Alternatively, attach up to three ingredient images to keep a look consistent without pinning the framing.