What changed: Google announced that Vids users can upload an image from their computer, Drive, or Photos to create a custom avatar, refine it within Vids, and save it for reuse in a project. An update added to the same post states that the rollout of this feature has been paused, with no timeline yet for when it resumes.
Who is affected
The evidence lists Business Starter/Standard/Plus, Enterprise Starter/Standard/Plus, Education Plus, personal Google account users, Enterprise Essentials/Essentials Plus, Nonprofits, and Individual editions as in scope.
What it means for your business
For businesses using Google Vids, this means the ability to build custom avatars from their own images is coming, but the rollout is currently paused.
What to watch
No action is required right now. Watch for the Google Workspace Updates post announcing the rollout resuming, then evaluate whether to use it in your video production workflow.
Timing
The source gives no firm effective date; the rollout was paused on November 3, 2026, with no resume date announced.
Source: https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2026/11/create-a-custom-avatar-google-vids.html
