OpenAI Expands Sora with Video Editing and Advanced Creation Tools

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24/10/2025

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OpenAI has released a major upgrade for Sora, its text-to-video tool. The new version lets users edit videos inside the app, create more kinds of repeating characters and will soon arrive on Android phones. The goal is to turn Sora from a clip maker into a full creative workspace and to pull in professional editors and advertisers.

The headline change is a wider “character cameo” option. Until now users could drop the same person into multiple scenes - soon they will be able to do the same with dogs, cats, stuffed animals or any object built in an earlier Sora clip. Bill Peebles, who leads the Sora team, put it plainly: “If you can see it, you can turn it into a cameo.” The app also adds simple editing - users can join two or more clips without leaving Sora besides OpenAI promises deeper cuts, transitions and trims later on.

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The new tools follow a recent bump in clip length - free accounts now get 15 seconds, Pro accounts 25 - the launch of a storyboard panel for Pro users. The changes point to a clear plan - stop being a toy for ten second memes and start serving studios, ad agencies or YouTube editors. Google pushed its own Veo model last month - OpenAI is answering with its own leap forward.

An Android release is “close,” so the app will no longer live only on iPhones and web browsers. Every premium feature still needs a ChatGPT Pro subscription. OpenAI hopes the extra power repairs some of the damage it suffered after artists accused the company of training on their work without permission - the new tools are part of that peace offering.

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