What to know

  • Sora turns text or images into hyperreal videos with sound, supporting cinematic, animated, photorealistic, and surreal styles.
  • Users can insert personalized cameos by uploading video and voice samples for authentic digital likenesses.
  • The app features a social feed for sharing, remixing, and discovering AI-generated videos.
  • Initially launched on iOS, Sora for Android is available in select countries with plans to expand.

OpenAI has launched its Sora app for Android, extending its AI-driven video and audio generation platform beyond iOS. If you haven't been keeping up, Sora allows users to create videos from simple text prompts or images, producing hyper-realistic and stylistically versatile results within seconds. The app supports various visual styles, including cinematic, anime, photorealistic, cartoon, and surreal.

The app is designed as a social platform where users can share their creations, remix others' videos, and explore trending challenges. Its feed is personalized to prioritize content from friends and inspirations for creation rather than maximizing consumption time. Users control their social experience and likeness usage, including cameo permissions and content visibility.

Sora for Android is available in the United States, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam, with European expansion planned but not yet dated. The app is free with daily limits on video generations—a Basic user can create 30 videos daily, while ChatGPT Pro subscribers enjoy 100 videos per day. Additional video credits are available for purchase within the app.