Google Updates Veo 3.1 With Native 9:16 Aspect Ratio and 4K Output Support

Google is rolling out a major update to Veo 3.1 Ingredients to Video, aiming at creators who work with short prompts and reference images. The refresh adds richer motion, improved storytelling, and support for mobile-first formats, plus higher resolutions suitable for professional editing and distribution.

The latest Veo 3.1 Ingredients to Video upgrade also improves consistency across scenes. Characters, backgrounds and props now stay visually aligned through different shots, which helps creators build longer narratives while using the same designs, styles and ingredient images throughout their videos.

Veo 3.1 Ingredients to Video boosts expressive storytelling

With Veo 3.1 Ingredients to Video, short prompts can now produce more expressive clips. Dialogues and visual storytelling feel more detailed, so even simple ideas can become shareable videos. Disparate elements such as stylised textures, complex characters and designed objects are blended into a single, cohesive sequence.

Identity consistency gets particular attention in Veo 3.1 Ingredients to Video. Characters can keep the same appearance while settings change, which supports multi-scene stories and recurring roles. Background and object consistency has also improved, allowing creators to reuse locations, props and textures without unwanted visual shifts.

Veo 3.1 Ingredients to Video adds vertical format and 4K

The update introduces native vertical outputs for Veo 3.1 Ingredients to Video, using a 9:16 aspect ratio. This is designed for YouTube Shorts and other vertical platforms, allowing full-screen videos without cropping or losing quality. Portrait mode helps mobile-first workflows, especially for short-form formats popular in India.

Google has also added advanced upscaling for Veo 3.1 Ingredients to Video, supporting both 1080p and 4K options. The 1080p mode is tuned for clean edits, while 4K aims at detailed textures and large screens.

Veo 3.1 Ingredients to Video is launching across several Google products. Creators can use the upgraded tools in the Gemini app, YouTube, Flow, Google Vids, the Gemini API and Vertex AI. Portrait mode for Veo is available in the Gemini app, with high-resolution options on Flow, the API and Vertex AI.

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