After launching on iOS a month ago, OpenAI has finally released its Sora app on Android, granting more users the ability to generate its eerily realistic AI videos.
Sora is the name of OpenAI’s video generation model, but it’s also the name of a new social app that the company launched in late September of this year. The app was first available on iOS but, finally, has arrived on Android.
“Sora by OpenAI” is now available for download via the Play Store.
You’ll be able to create videos using prompts, including the ability to inject yourself or anyone else into that video by starting with an existing image. OpenAI says the app generates “hyperreal videos” with “unprecedented realism.”
Indeed, videos created by Sora can often be eerily realistic, which is a big part of why they spread like wildfire on social media shortly after the app’s iOS debut. Google Gemini is also able to generate realistic videos using Veo 3, but Sora packages the functionality into its own dedicated experience while also adding in some community features.
OpenAI explains what the Sora app for Android can do saying:
- Create Videos in Seconds: Start with a prompt or image and Sora generates a complete video with audio inspired by your imagination.
- Collaborate & Play: Cast yourself or your friends in videos. Remix challenges and trends as they evolve.
- Choose Your Style: Make it cinematic, animated, photorealistic, cartoon, or entirely surreal.
- Remix & Make It Yours: Take someone else’s creation and put your spin on it – swap characters, change the vibe, add new scenes, or extend the story.
- Find Your Community: Community features make it easy to share your creations and see what others are making.
Sora was initially only available in the US and Canada, but has expanded to Japan, Korea, Thailand, Taiwan, and Vietnam. There’s also no waitlist anymore in select regions.
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