Google Veo 3.1 Brings Audio to All Flow Editing Modes and New Insert/Remove Tools

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Google published an official update on June 5, 2026 announcing new Veo 3.1 capabilities inside its Flow video editing platform. The update brings audio generation to previously audio-free features — Ingredients to Video, Frames to Video, and Extend — and introduces precision editing tools including an Insert function that adds new scene elements with realistic lighting, plus an upcoming Remove tool to erase unwanted objects with background reconstruction. Veo 3.1 is also available via the Gemini API and Vertex AI. Over 275 million videos have been created on Flow since launch.

Why it matters

Bringing native audio to all Flow editing modes closes the gap between AI video generation and professional post-production; Insert/Remove editing tools move Veo toward a full video editing platform.

Importance: 3/5

Official Google blog and Google Developer blog; Thurrott.com independent coverage; significant capability expansion of a leading frontier video model.

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