About video enhancements

Video enhancements allow you to have additional and enhanced versions of your videos. They aim to improve campaign performance, for example by creating a vertical video from your horizontal video to better fit on vertical screens or creating shorter versions of your videos. This article explains the benefits of video enhancements and how you can use them to help you achieve your goals.

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• Benefits
• Get versions of your videos in different orientations
• Get shorter, more engaging versions of your original video
• Get more engaging versions of your original video with added voiceover
• How to turn video enhancements on or off

Benefits

• Helps achieve your campaign goals: With video enhancements turned on, you can create more effective and engaging ads that may help improve conversions.
• Saves time and resources: Let Google AI create additional versions of your video so you don’t have to.

Get versions of your videos in different orientations

Get videos in different orientations from your original videos to better fit the screen on which they appear. Google AI intelligently flips or extends your video in new aspect ratios while preserving the video’s original content. Additional versions of your video run automatically if they pass a quality review.

Example (Model 1)

Example (Model 2)

Get shorter, more engaging versions of your original video

Get shorter versions of your video ads without editing them yourself. Gemini intelligently selects key moments in your video and creates shorter versions while keeping your original video’s message and appearance. Additional versions of your video run automatically if they pass a quality review.

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Get more engaging versions of your original video with added voice-over

To help optimize your videos in Google Ads, you can leverage Google AI to intelligently add voice-over to videos that don’t already one. Google AI will select one of your provided text assets, turn it into voice-over, and merge both pieces of creative to produce a new video asset.

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Availability and control

Campaign type	Different orientations	Shorter versions	Voice-over versions	Control setting
App campaigns	(Model 1 and Model 2)			N/A
Performance Max campaigns	(Model 1 and Model 2)			(Campaign level)
Video action campaigns				(Campaign level)
Demand Gen campaigns	(Model 1 and Model 2)			(Ad level)
Video views campaigns				(Ad level)
Video reach campaigns				(Ad level)

How to turn video enhancements on or off

Video enhancements use smart automation features to enhance your video in different ways. Video enhancements are applicable to both Video and Demand Gen campaigns. They’re turned on by default but you can turn them off anytime. To turn them on or off, follow these steps:

Turn on or off video enhancements in Demand Gen campaigns

1. Go to Campaigns within the Campaigns menu.
2. Hover over an existing Demand Gen campaign and select the gear icon next to its campaign name.
   • Note: If you’re creating a new Demand Gen campaign, follow the steps on how to Create a Demand Gen campaign.
3. Select an ad under an ad group.
4. On the ad builder page, select Video ad under the “Choose which type of ad to create” card.
5. You’ll find the “Video enhancements” section at the bottom of the “Media” card.
6. The options “Get vertical and square versions of your videos” and “Get shorter versions of your videos” are checked by default. Uncheck to turn it off.
7. Select Go to review and review the campaign details.
8. If you’re satisfied with the campaign settings, select Publish campaign.

Turn video enhancements in Video campaigns on or off

New Video campaigns

1. Go to Campaigns within the Campaigns menu.
2. Select the plus button , then select New Campaign.
3. Choose YouTube reach, views, and engagements as your campaign goal. If you don’t have a campaign goal in mind, choose Create a campaign without a goal’s guidance.
4. Select Video as your campaign type.
5. Select Auction on how you want to buy ads.
6. Select Video views or Video reach as your campaign subtype, then select Continue.
7. In the left-hand panel, select Ads.
8. You’ll find the “Video enhancements” at the bottom of the “Create your video ads” section.
9. The “Get vertical versions of your videos” checkbox is turned on by default. Uncheck to turn it off.
10. If you’re satisfied with the campaign settings, select Create campaign at the bottom of the page.

Existing Video campaigns

1. Go to Campaigns within the Campaigns menu.
2. In the Campaign table, find and select your Video views campaign.
3. In the section menu on the left, select Ads.
4. In the Ad table, hover over an ad, then select the pencil icon next to it. In the dialogue box that opens, select Edit.
5. You’ll find the “Video enhancements” at the bottom of the page.
6. Check the box next to “Get vertical versions of your videos” to turn on video enhancements. Uncheck to turn it off.
7. When done, select Save ad at the bottom of the page.

Turn video enhancements on or off in Performance Max campaigns

Currently, added voiceover is only available for Performance Max campaigns. If you click on a video that’s been updated with this feature, you’ll be able to preview the voiceover, remove, or delete it.

To turn added voiceover on or off during campaign creation in Google Ads:

1. Follow the steps to Create a Performance Max campaign.
2. From the “Asset optimization” section of campaign creation, open the “Video” dropdown.
3. Check or uncheck the “Enhancement” box to turn asset enhancement on or off.

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