Google brings Veo 3.1 Lite video generation to Gemini

Veo's integration into Gemini signals Google's aggressive push to democratize multimodal creation, making high-fidelity video generation as accessible as text prompting. Embedding video synthesis directly in Gemini removes the friction of switching between standalone tools. The "Lite" designation suggests a focus on speed and lower inference costs, optimizing for rapid iteration. This move intensifies competition with OpenAI's Sora, betting on distribution and ecosystem integration over raw compute scale.