Ingredients to Video in Veo 3.1 now supports portrait-sized clips in Google Vids

Last month, we introduced Ingredients to Video in Google Vids, a new capability that uses Veo 3.1 to help users generate short videos based on reference images and a simple prompt. Today we’re announcing improvements to Veo 3.1 that allow you to generate portrait-sized clips with faster pace and engaging shots, all while delivering realistic audio and maintaining consistency of objects, characters, and backgrounds.

Customers using images of their office, products, and teammates to produce immersive video content in marketing, announcements, explainer videos, and more, can now easily size these for sharing on social channels.






Getting started

  • Admins: There is no admin control for this feature.
  • End users: There is no end user setting for this feature. Visit the Help Center to learn more.

Rollout pace

Availability

Available for Google Workspace:

  • Business Starter **, Standard and Plus
  • Enterprise Starter **, Standard and Plus
  • Essentials, Enterprise Essentials and Enterprise Essentials Plus
  • Nonprofits**
  • Education Plus** and Teaching and Learning add-on**
Also available to:

  • Google AI Pro and Ultra Google AI Pro for Education
**For a limited time, at least through May 31, 2026, Business Starter, Enterprise Starter, Nonprofit, Education Plus, and Teaching and Learning add-on accounts can access generative AI features in Vids. Learn about Google Vids availability.

Resources

Set Google Forms to automatically stop accepting responses based on date and time or response count

Last year, we introduced a feature that gives Google Forms creators more control over who can respond to their forms via sharing settings. We are now improving how you can choose to manage responses in Google Forms by enabling you to set a close date or response limit for new responses.

Currently, form creators have to manually stop a form from accepting new responses. With this launch, form owners and editors will be able to set a specific date and time to close the form, or set a certain number of responses that will trigger the form to close automatically.

This feature is designed to streamline the form closure process, offering form creators more control over data collection. It is beneficial for many form types, including registration, event planning, and research forms.

GIF showing how to set a date and time to stop accepting form responses

Determine when you want to stop collecting responses to your form

Getting started

Rollout pace

Availability

  • Available to all Google Workspace customers, Workspace Individual subscribers, and users with personal Google accounts

Resources

Under the Hood: Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP)

The Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) is a new, open-source standard for agentic commerce, co-developed by Google and industry leaders. It establishes a common, secure language to connect consumer surfaces (like Gemini and AI Mode in Search) with business backends, enabling seamless shopping from product discovery to purchase. UCP simplifies integration for businesses, supports various payment providers, and is designed to power the next generation of conversational commerce experiences.