When it comes to gaining new video features, Google Drive’s been on a roll lately. The online storage platform, which can hold and display most common file and document types, images, and even videos, is now making it easier for you to be able to make simple edits to video files, all without having to download said video first.
This comes soon after several other video-related updates made their way to Google Drive, including automatic captioning, a visual redesign, instant playback for newly-uploaded videos, time-stamped transcripts, and very recently, even YouTube-like thumbnail previews for seamless scrubbing.
Highlighted by the Mountain View, California-based tech giant in a recent Workspace Updates post, Google Drive now offers Google Vids’ functionality natively, essentially bringing video editing directly to your browser.
Rolling out now, users should soon start seeing a purple Google Vids icon in the top-right corner when previewing a video file. Tapping it essentially opens said video file in Google Vids, where it’s ready to be trimmed, enriched with media content like music, additional text overlays, and more.
The integration does, however, have limitations. It only works for these types of video files:
Additionally, video files must be shorter than 35 minutes in length, and less than 4GB in size to be Vids compatible. Once you’re done editing, a new Vids file is created, so remember to save or export your work separately.
Desktop only, at least for now
The integration should work optimally on desktops with Google Chrome, Firefox, and Microsoft Edge (on Windows devices only). It should work on other browsers too, albeit with limited functionality.
Vids integration began rolling out today, and can potentially take a little over 15 days to be widely visible across these eligible Workspace domains:
- Business Starter, Standard, and Plus
- Enterprise Starter, Standard, and Plus
- Essentials Enterprise Essentials and Enterprise Essentials Plus
- Nonprofits
- Customers with the Gemini Education or Gemini Education Premium add-on
- Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers
