VEO 3.1 IS HERE: THE DAWN OF AUDIO-VISUAL STORYTELLING IN AI VIDEO CREATION

— From Flow to the Gemini API, How Google Is Redefining Creative Control in Filmmaking 1. A Story Begins: When Creativity Meets the Desire for Control A few months ago, I tried Flow for the first time — Google’s AI-powered video tool. I dropped in a few reference images and within minutes, the model stitched together a 30-second cinematic clip. The lighting was delicate, the motion fluid — but something was missing: sound. That silent beauty felt incomplete, like watching a dream without a heartbeat. Today, that heartbeat arrives. Veo 3.1 is here — marking a leap from visual generation …