If you want to play around with Veo 2 now, you can sign up for a free, one-month trial of the Google One AI premium plan, which includes access to Gemini Advanced. After the free

Google's Imagen 3 is a powerful AI text-to-image generator that earned ZDNET's pick as the best image generator -- even against competitors like Midjourney and OpenAI. As a result, the release of its Veo 2 text-to-video generator has been highly anticipated.

With Veo 2, videos are now free to produce for those on Advanced plans. The Whisk Animate tool also allows you to make images into 8-second videos using the same technology.