Google’s Veo 3 has taken the world by storm. The AI video generator, which can create life-like video, paired with audio generation and accurate lip-syncing capabilities via prompts, often produces content that is hard to discern from real-world footage.
The tool is easy to access via Gemini, and only needs the AI tool’s base $20/mo Google AI Pro plan (limited access). That’s precisely why you’ve been seeing the video generator’s creations pop up everywhere.
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Well, it looks like the tech giant wants to blur the lines further, as it just announced that Veo 3 will be “coming to YouTube Shorts” later this summer (via 9to5Google). For reference, Veo 2 is already integrated into YouTube Shorts’ Dream Screen feature, allowing creators to generate AI-powered video backgrounds and standalone clips with simple prompts.
The announcement was made in passing by YouTube CEO Neal Mohan at Cannes Lions 2025. Mohan prefixed the announcement by saying that Shorts have hit a new milestone. The video format is now averaging over 200 billion daily views on YouTube.
Specifics remain unclear
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Mohan’s announcement was vague. “Today, I’m proud to share that Veo 3 will be coming to YouTube Shorts later this summer,” is what he said. This makes it unclear if the streaming giant is working on a dedicated space to consume content generated by Veo 3, or if the AI video generator will be integrated into its suite of video creation tools.
The latter is more plausible, especially considering the current Veo 2 integration. The new integration will let creators on the platform generate more life-like content with improved video quality and audio. For what it’s worth, creators can already generate videos via Veo 3 and upload them to YouTube, albeit in landscape format. The integration will allow users to directly create and publish generated content in vertical/portrait format.
We’ll likely learn more about the specifics as we approach the integration’s release “later this summer.”
