You can now select which AI model powers your Underlord editing assistant through our new model picker, which includes Claude Sonnet 4.5.

Different editing tasks benefit from different AI approaches, so we've integrated several powerful models including the latest from Anthropic. Whether you need lightning-fast responses or deep creative understanding, you can now choose the right AI for each project.

Each AI model offers unique strengths for different editing scenarios:

Our testing with Claude Sonnet 4.5 demonstrates notable improvements in script editing quality, content writing capabilities, and performance with complex multi-step prompt templates, while being a somewhat less reliable in interacting with our built in tools like captions, and translation.

We’re still testing and refining how these models perform in the Editor, and we’d love for you to join us in pushing the limits.

You can switch models anytime by clicking the model icon at the bottom of the Underlord chat panel. While premium models deliver enhanced results, they do use more AI credits, so you can always select the option that best fits your current needs.

We're changing how we track usage in Descript, which means we're updating our subscription plans. As of yesterday, Free users have been onboarded to these updated plans, while existing paid users will stay on their current plans for now.

Your Descript Free plan now includes:

We've also expanded your access to AI-powered editing in Descript, including:

If you're a paid subscriber, your current plan and pricing remain unchanged for now. Later this year, all plans except those on enterprise will be updated to include media minutes and AI credits, with at least 30 days notice before any changes occur. In most cases, this transition will not impact the price you pay.

You also have the option to switch to our new plans immediately to take advantage of media minutes and AI credits, including access to exclusive features like the latest generative video models.

For more details about these changes, including a full breakdown of what's included in all plans, check out our comprehensive FAQ in the Help Center.

For users on the new plan types, we’ve added new premium, supercharged generative model options to the settings menu.

These models offer higher quality output, delivering significantly improved quality, particularly with video models like , and image models like . They can also provide better character consistency across image generations, maintaining appearance and identity across different angles and scenes.

The following image generation models are available:

The following video generation models are available:

You can select your generation models in the section. For users on the new plans, these different models have different credit costs. The model picker displays the price of each model with a tooltip containing additional information.

You can now bring your images to life right from the Scene editor (formerly known as the Canvas.)

With the brand-new Turn into video button, you can instantly transform any image in your project into a vibrant, dynamic video clip—no extra tools needed. In just a few clicks, your still images become animated visuals, unlocking fresh creative possibilities and adding motion to your storytelling.

You can also do this via an Underlord prompt, or directly from the .

With Descript's video generation, your b-roll can do whatever the moment calls for—clarify a concept, carry a metaphor, or add a spark of personality.

We're pleased to announce that we’ve returned the Transcription glossary as a feature for all plans. Previously, we limited this to Business and Enterprise Drive users as part of Brand Studio, but after receiving feedback that users valued this feature across all plan types, we've decided to make it universally available again.

If you’d like to automatically add words you correct frequently, there’s a toggle available on the Transcription glossary panel. The Transcription glossary still offers enhanced team-level features for Business and Enterprise plans, while now providing essential functionality for all users.

We've quadrupled the word limit for Quick design from 300 to 1200 words. This expanded capability allows you to transform longer scripts into visually engaging content without needing to split them into smaller sections.

The new 1200-word limit is available to all users now. Simply select Quick Design from the sidebar and enjoy the expanded capability for your longer scripts.

We've made some upgrades to our Video regenerate feature with a new high-quality model that delivers more natural and accurate results.

We’re continuing to work on and improve the model. Give it a try and let us know if it performs better for you!

This month, we’ve invested in improving quality of life across the board for Rooms users.

First, we’ve added new camera resolution controls to Descript Rooms for Hosts and Guests.

These new controls allow you to optimize for your internet connection by selecting lower resolutions when bandwidth is limited or record at higher resolutions when quality is your priority. The resolution picker can be found in your camera settings both before and during your Rooms calls. Simply click on your camera controls to access these new options.

Next up, we’ve added the ability to record your audio files as lossless WAV files to ensure the highest quality audio is transferred to your final project and exports.

Room hosts, co-hosts, and producers can now enable a new setting to generate lossless audio for all participants in a session. When enabled with video recording, you'll receive both a MOV file with lossless audio built in and a separate audio-only WAV file.

WAV files are lossless audio captures and store all your audio data without compression. Nothing is thrown out, so playback sounds exactly like the original recording.

Finally, Audio Only mode lets you see video during your session while only recording high-quality audio. This feature is perfect for podcasters and audio-first creators who want the benefits of face-to-face conversation without the longer upload times and complex editing of video. You can toggle it on in the Rooms settings menu.

We've revamped our audio and video file recovery system for greater reliability. Your recordings in Rooms, Editor recorder, or Screen recorder are now better protected against network issues, crashes, and other problems.

The system works on the same device and browser that made the original recording. For best results, keep your recording tab open until uploads complete.

These improvements make recording with Descript more reliable and stress-free.

When you're collaborating on a project with teammates, we now display their cursors as they move throughout the composition. This makes it easier to follow what they're looking at or editing—helping everyone stay in sync without asking, "Where are you right now?"

This is currently available for everyone, though some users will see it turned on by default:

Try out Cursor Presence today and let us know what you think.

We’re excited to add Nano Banana (also known as Gemini Flash Image) to our image generation model options.

Nano Banana excels at maintaining consistency in details across image generations, allowing you to change subtle details or take big swing without worrying about whether you'll lose the core of your prompts.

To enable Nano Banana for image generation:

Additionally, we will now place any generated images into your AI assets folder within the Project files menu immediately after generating.

While we’re on the topic of new AI models, we’ve also added Eleven Labs V3 as an option for AI speech generation.

Eleven Labs V3 offers significant improvements in natural speech quality that can sound as good as recorded voiceover. It also supports inline prompts in brackets (e.g., [angry], [sigh]) to adjust tone, accent, or add nonverbal sounds

No additional steps are required - you don't need to create new custom voices or adjust any project settings.

While Eleven Labs V3 offers significant improvements, there are a few things to consider:

We’ve made a few changes to the Export dropdown, and added a new option to create smaller sized files when using a Descript web link.

The new toggle for "Optimize file size (slower)" allows you to create smaller video files when exporting your projects to a Descript web link. While enabling this option will add some extra processing time to your export, it can dramatically reduce file sizes.

Templates are battle-tested workflows crafted by our engineering and video teams for popular video types. Instead of struggling to craft the perfect prompt, simply choose a template that matches your needs, and Underlord will guide you through creating your custom video.

You can find our templates are prominently featured on Descript's home screen for easy access. You'll also find them by opening Underlord in an empty project.

Just pick a template from the gallery that matches your project needs. Underlord will run through all of the prompts automatically.

Underlord will then follow-up with questions about your assets, goals, and style preferences to customize your video.

Our template library includes options for a variety of use cases:

Templates eliminate blank-page panic and endless prompt-tweaking. They're your shortcut to:

Templates are available to all users. Try them today and transform how you create videos with Descript!

Power up your scene design with multi-select – our most-requested editing feature for visual compositions in Descript. Now you can select multiple objects at once to manipulate them simultaneously, making your visual editing workflow significantly faster and more efficient.

Multi-select allows you to select and edit multiple layers at the same time in the scene editor. This streamlines your workflow when working with complex layouts by letting you:

To use multi-select hold Shift and click on individual layers to add them to your selection, or click and drag to create a selection area that captures multiple objects.

Then, you can manipulate your selection:

This update adds some updates to the interface to be aware of:

While multi-select greatly improves your workflow, there are some current limitations to be aware of:

This highly-requested feature significantly improves the creation of educational videos and visual projects where you need to arrange multiple elements in a composition. No more tedious object-by-object adjustments – just select, edit, and create with newfound efficiency.

You can now review the prompts that were used on generated media like video and images by opening the file with View Media and clicking the Info button.

You can now generate custom video with AI right inside Descript! Our new video generation feature lets you easily create unique, animated clips for your projects without relying on stock footage. Whatever (beguiling) bespoke video your social post, explainer video, or tutorial needs, you can have it. Just ask Underlord and it'll generate some video, tailored to your content.

all paid plan users(Hobbyist, NFP/EDU, Creator, Business, and Enterprise) can generate up to 3 minutes of video per month (that's 36 five-second clips!). Try it now and enhance your projects with custom animations.

Click here to try out the prompt we used to create the video above.

You can now create and customize AI avatars based on images you upload. Once you've created an avatar, you can generate variations just by entering a text prompt. Adjust your avatar's background, clothing or art style. These custom avatars can then be used just like our stock avatars.

Just click Create a custom avatar in the speaker menu to get started.

This update gives you more creative control while maintaining consistent quality with Descript's avatar system. Try it today to create unique, personalized avatars for your next video.

We’ve made it easier to find and generate avatars in your compositions.

You’ll now see a button in two spots:

You can now export video or audio from Descript directly to your HubSpot account—no downloading or re-uploading required.

We’ve added some powerful updates to Descript’s desktop screen recorder:

Select a portion of your screen to record by clicking and dragging. Use the aspect ratio lock or enter exact dimensions for precise framing.

Recordings can now publish instantly to a Descript share page as soon as you stop recording.

We’ve added a faster way to start recording your screen. The new opens a distraction-free recording mode right from your desktop.

To download the Screen Recorder app, open the Screen Recorder, then click the + Add Shortcut to apps button; you can also download the Screen Recorder app from your App Settings, in the General tab.

Once downloaded to your device, add the app to your desktop or dock to launch the Screen Recorder with a single click.

We’ve added a Viewer role to Descript Rooms, available on Business and Enterprise Drives.

Viewers join the session in a dedicated Viewer Room, where they can observe the Rooms session without being seen, heard, or recorded. While Viewers don’t interact with Producers or manage tech, they do count toward the Control Room participant limit.

The Transcription Glossary is now part of Brand Studio, available on Business and Enterprise Drives.

If you’re on a Creator plan, you’ll no longer see the glossary. Rest assured, we’re exploring personal-level glossaries to bring some of that functionality back in the future.

As always, we welcome your feedback. Head over to our Feature Requests Board to share your thoughts—you might find an existing post to upvote or add your comments to.

Underlord is ready to collaborate—and it’s free. You’ll see it when you open Descript. Click the icon in the bottom right corner to start chatting with an AI co-editor that knows what a good video looks like and knows how to make it.

And did we mention it's free? From now until the end of August, using Underlord won’t count against your monthly AI limits (but using AI tools yourself will), so now is the time to take it for a spin. It’s still in beta, but getting more powerful every day.

. Just describe what you want, and let Underlord do the heavy lifting.

It can add dubbing or one of our native-sounding AI speakers.

Upload a PDF of your slide presentation; Underlord will turn it into a video. It can write a script for the talk track, if you want.

It can identify the most clip-worthy moments and set them up for you.

Apply scene transition effects like fades, crossfades, directional wipes, star wipes, and blurs. It can also add animations like Ken Burns, pans, and zooms.

Check out our Learn Descript tutorial.

You can learn more about effectively prompting Underlord in our Help Center.

If you don't want to use Underlord to brainstorm, write scripts, edit your videos, make social clips, or anything, we won’t force you. For now, you don’t even have to look at it. You can turn it off in Labs settings.

This update also introduces a number of important changes to the layout of the sidebar:

Looking for more tutorials? Head to Learn Descript.

For Business and Enterprise users, we’re announcing the new Brand studio - a centralized workspace that brings together all your Drive's branding tools in one place. Now you can manage visual and language assets seamlessly, ensuring your team maintains brand consistency across every project.

Brand Studio provides a unified view of your team's branding assets, from fonts to layouts to language tools.

Brand studio allows you to view your Drive's custom fonts for use in layout packs and captions, build a transcription glossary, create a do not translate list and much more:

Brand Studio access is tailored to each user's role:

With Brand Studio, your team can now maintain brand consistency without sacrificing productivity. Every video stays on-brand, every time.

Now available for all users with a paid plan, the layout pack remix tool lets you personalize our professional layouts with your brand colors and fonts to create a consistent visual identity across all your videos.

Access the remix tool directly from the layout picker in any of these locations:

Once in the layout picker, just click the button in the top-left corner to start customizing.

Start with any layout pack from our gallery, then personalize it with:

Once created, your custom layout pack appears in the layout picker ready to use in any project—giving your videos a consistent, professional look that's uniquely yours.

Control Room is a long-requested, and powerful new feature that lets producers, and collaborators manage live recording sessions without appearing on screen or in the final recording. If you were familiar with SquadCast’s Backstage feature, you’ll feel right at home in Control Room.

Control Room introduces two new roles: Producer and Co-Host, creating flexible workflows for professional production teams:

Control room is available now for Business and Enterprise plans. Business plans support up to 3 producers in the Control Room, while Enterprise plans support up to 10 producers.

Whether you're coordinating talent, managing high-stakes interviews, or ensuring flawless production quality, Control Room gives you the professional flexibility needed to deliver polished content every time.

Descript now offers stock speakers for multiple non-English languages. These new voices allow you to create more natural-sounding content in languages beyond English, with speakers specifically optimized for accurate pronunciation and authentic delivery.

Stock speakers are now available for Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese (BR), Polish, Dutch, Turkish, and Swedish. These specialized voices help you create professional multilingual content with natural intonation and accent.

To access these new speakers, click the three-line drop down in the Speaker menu, set Non-english speakers to “Show” and select the appropriate AI voice when working with non-English text.

You can now generate custom avatars for your videos using just a text description—no photo uploads required. Simply enter a creative prompt describing the avatar you want, and Descript will generate three image options for you to choose from. This new feature eliminates the friction of photo uploads while providing consistent, high-quality results that work perfectly with Descript's avatars.

We've renamed the Ducking audio effect to Lower audio of other layers to make it more intuitive and easier to understand, especially for new users.

Along with this name change, we've also made an important workflow improvement: this effect is no longer applied by default to any layer. This change helps ensure that audio mixing remains more intentional and predictable in your projects.

These updates are part of our ongoing effort to make Descript's features more accessible while giving you greater control over your audio mixing process.

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We’ve added a new Labs setting that allows you to upload files into your project from your mobile device. This is especially useful for users who record their media using a smart phone rather than a digital camera. Once you toggle it on, just click the “Upload from Mobile” button in your project to receive a QR code. Scan the code and you can then add any media files from your device directly into your Project.

Starting today, we’re toggling the new timeline experience ON in Labs for everyone.

If you haven’t had a chance to try it yet: We've completely redesigned the timeline to make video editing simpler and more intuitive. The new timeline gives you a clearer view of your video and makes it faster to trim, split, and add scenes directly from the timeline.

To open the new timeline, hover over the solid grey bar above the play button and use your mouse to drag it .

This update comes with so many small changes and improvements we recommend that you view the video above as well our help center article to get acquainted.

There’s also a new dropdown menu in the upper lefthand side of the screen right next to the button. This menu contains a number of quick access options and settings for different areas of the Editor window:

The new timeline turned on for all users. If you need extra time to get up to speed, you can temporarily opt out by disabling it in . However, we'll be transitioning all users to the new timeline experience in the near future.

If you're on Desktop, we also release an update that requires a restart. It fixes a few bugs.