April 2025
- New smart recommendation system learns from your preferences to suggest ideal voices instantly.
- Now Akool offers 800+ voices and 12+ emotional tones.
- Akool camera: Use virtual avatars for video calls and recordings.
- Customize avatar outfits and backgrounds.
- Local processing option for highest privacy.
- Revamped home page.
- New AI writer allows you to input a topic, and the AI crafts your script.
- Now you can translate videos with a single click.
- New podcast creation from YouTube links or audio files.
March 2025
- HeyGen introduces User-Generated Content (UGC) Avatars, a significant improvement for better engagement.
- Now HeyGen supports PDF to video.
- New update for iOS version 1.6
- Custom voices for photo avatars.
- Akool launches Talking Avatar 3.6, with 28 new avatars and a better editing experience.
- Now Synthesia features Dynamic Captions, which highlight words as they are spoken.
- Updated Video Analytics for better tracking of key metrics and performance trends.
- Three new animation styles: Zoom, Pause, and Blink.
- New AI Avatar Model for more realistic facial movements.
- New upgrades on voiceovers, language, and accents.
February 2025
- Now you can create new voices from a text prompt.
- New avatar improvement for ultra-realistic characters.
- The mobile app for iOS has been updated.
- Akool receives two Software Awards from G2: Best AI Software Product 2025 and Best Design Software Product 2025.
- Now you can turn your photos into a selfie avatar.
- Now you can add AI-generated backgrounds to your avatars and crop them to create crafted scenes.
- Creatify just added 250+ avatars.
- Now you can export videos up to 10 minutes.
- New editor improvements for a better user experience.
January 2025
- Now, you can upload images of your product and pair them with avatars, allowing you to create visual assets that are great for social media, product pages, or even your latest ad campaign.
- Now you can use Community Avatars and share your own too.
- New Motion Control allows customizable movements for your Photo Avatars.
- Akool partners with AMD to improve avatars' performance and user experience.
- Now, video translation supports 140+ languages, speaker detection, enhanced captions, and a proofread editor.
- Synthesia secures $180M in Series D funding that will support product innovation, talent growth, and the company’s expansion in North America, Europe, Japan and Australia.
- Now you can edit the structure of your script using Outline View in the AI Video Assistant, this allows to customize the script´s structure before generating it.
- You can now send Personal Avatar Requests to people outside Synthesia, even if they don’t have an account. Team members, partners, or external experts can easily create their avatars, saving you time and hassle.
- New homepage design with better user experience and functionality.
- New instant avatar cloning feature.
- New API 3.1 introduces many performance improvements and updates.
- Now you can make changes directly on the timeline or canvas without worrying about using up your credits.