Quick Life Update

Good morning!

Short one today. Promise.

First, a personal update.

My newborn daughter just arrived and I could not be more grateful. That also means I am going to be pulling a lot more weight at home helping the wifey with the kids and the house for a while.

So for the next month or two, we are going back to one newsletter a week, every Monday. I appreciate your patience and I will make sure every one counts.

Now let's get into it.

Now, Onto Our AI News Update

HeyGen Just Changed AI Video Avatars

If you have never heard of HeyGen, here is the quick version.

It is an AI tool that lets you create videos of yourself without actually recording every single time. You create a digital version of yourself once, and then use it to generate as many videos as you want. Same face. Same voice. Different content.

They just released their biggest update yet. It is called Avatar V.

What Avatar V Can Do

The biggest complaint with AI avatars has always been consistency. You create a video of yourself, change the background or outfit, and suddenly it looks slightly off. The face drifts. The expressions feel robotic. It stops looking like you.

Avatar V fixes that.

• You record 15 seconds on your phone. That is the only recording you ever have to do. No studio. No lighting setup. Just you talking naturally into your camera.
  

• It builds a full digital twin from that clip. Not just your face, but your specific gestures, head movements, eyebrow raises, and talking rhythm. The stuff that actually makes you look like you.
  

• Then you generate unlimited videos. Change the outfit. Change the background. Change the camera angle. Your identity stays exactly the same across every single video. No drift. No weirdness. Just you, fully automated.

It supports 175 languages. Same video, dozens of languages, zero re-recording.

It holds up in long videos. 

Most AI avatars start looking off after 30 to 60 seconds. Avatar V was specifically built to stay consistent through full-length training videos, onboarding content, and presentations.

We Use HeyGen Over Every Other Option Inside Our Company

I get asked a lot about other AI avatar tools. Synthesia, D-ID, Tavus, Hedra. They are all out there and some of them are decent.

But here is the honest truth. Nothing comes close to HeyGen right now when it comes to how real and consistent the avatar looks, especially for business use.

The face similarity scores, the lip sync, the way it captures your actual mannerisms and not just a generic talking head, HeyGen beats everything else we have tested. It is not even close on the realism side.

The competitors are going to respond. Synthesia and D-ID will almost certainly drop updates in the coming weeks to keep up. Hedra is a smaller team that moves fast and could surprise everyone. And Chinese platforms like Kling are cheap and getting better quickly.

But right now, today, if you want your AI avatar to actually look like you and hold up across different videos, HeyGen is the one. Avatar V just made that gap even wider.

How To Get HeyGen Avatar V

Avatar V is available right now at app.heygen.com/avatar.

Here is a quick breakdown of the plans:

• Free: Short videos with a watermark. Good for testing.

• Creator Plan: Around $29 a month or $24 annual. Unlimited avatar videos at 1080p.

• Pro and Business Plans: Starting at $99 a month for 4K, faster processing, longer videos, and team features.

Start with the free version to see how your avatar looks. Upgrade when you are ready to use it regularly.

Are you using HeyGen already? And does Avatar V make you want to try it if you haven't? Hit reply and let me know your thoughts.

Talk soon and happy weekend,

Brian