Amazon has rolled out a major upgrade to its generative video model, Nova Reel, expanding its capabilities to produce videos up to two minutes in length and offering users greater creative control.
Launched in December 2024, Nova Reel marked Amazon’s entry into the competitive generative video space, joining offerings from OpenAI, Google, and others. The latest version, Nova Reel 1.1, was announced in a blog post by AWS developer advocate Elizabeth Fuentes, who described the update as a leap forward in video generation technology.
Nova Reel 1.1 supports “multi-shot” video creation, allowing for a consistent visual style across scenes. Users can now input text prompts up to 4,000 characters long to produce videos composed of six-second segments, stitched together to form a cohesive two-minute clip.