Summary

  • Chinese phone manufacturer Honor has launched a new phone that offers users the ability to create videos from still images using an AI generator powered by Google, called Veo 2.
  • The new feature is being offered to buyers of the Honor 400 and 400 Pro phones, ahead of a wider release to the general public.
  • The AI can turn a still image, whether portrait or landscape, into a short video, but there is no option to include text prompts with the images.
  • The tool is built into the Honor 400 phone’s Gallery app, and while it has limitations it offers users a realistic movement of the subjects, according to those who have tested it.
  • Owners will have free use of the image-to-video function for the first two months, but it is likely to become a paid feature at a later date.
  • Google’s Veo 2 model is already available to those with a paid Gemini Advanced subscription, but users can also pay to access the service on Google Cloud.

By Dominic Preston

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