Wrapping Up 2024: HeyGen’s Highlights and What’s Ahead

As the year winds down, we’re thrilled to share our latest product updates, celebrate community milestones, and give you a sneak peek into what’s in store for 2025.

Product Updates You’ll Love

Avatar Add-Ons

Ever need another avatar slot? Now, interactive and video avatar add-ons are available across all paid plans for Creator+ users with one click in your subscriptions tab.

Add Sound Effects for Photo Avatars

A new level of realism has hit our photo avatars. With the tap of a button, you can add both motion looks AND realistic background sound and sound effects. Yes, now you can hear those seagulls and waves in that beach photo from 5 years ago.

Look Packs

Not sure how to prompt that perfect look or output? Our look packs are a curated set of themed prompts to help you create all the assets needed for your latest video creation.

Style Options for Generated Looks

Strike a pose and unleash your creativity by generating looks in different styles for your avatars. Pixar, vintage, you name it - there’s no one-size-fits-all.

Share Page with Comments

Collaboration just got easier. Share your creations via private links and collect timeline comments, without requiring a HeyGen account.

Terminology Updates

Our team is always shooting for more clarity and an easier experience for you. In the studio script tab, “Accent” refers to pronunciation, while “Dialect” now covers regional translation variants.

Webinar: ALL HANDS RECAP

Watch the recording of last week’s Community All Hands with HeyGen founder and CEO Joshua Xu. Relive the marquee moments of 2024 and look forward to groundbreaking innovations coming in 2025. It’s your exclusive front-row seat to the future of video creation. Spoiler alert: You don’t want to miss this one.

Watch on demand → [Webinar replay]

EVENT RECAP: Visionary Voices

Hollywood, California, December 4th—a standing-room-only crowd of creators and influencers got the scoop from creative technologist Jay Richardson and the HeyGen team about crafting next-level avatars. The energy was electric - and our recap has all the highlights.

Catch the highlights → [Read the blog]

We can’t wait to see what you come up with next.

The HeyGen Team