HunyuanVideo Avatar

Overview

Tencent Hunyuan, same folks who made HunyuanVideo and LLaVA released this tool that takes a still image and an audio clip and brings characters to life. You get an AI video where they move, talk and act in ways that match how the speaker sounds. Not just head nods either but arms, legs, faces - the whole thing is animated.

You can use one person or a whole group. Great for stories music scenes or even anime-style videos. It doesn’t stop at syncing mouths it tries, to match the whole vibe.

Tech wise, HunyuanVideo Avatar system is made up of three parts:

Character Image Injection Module. Keeps the look and motion of each person steady through the whole thing.

Audio Emotion Module. Pulls feeling from the audio and blends it into how the character moves and looks.

Face-Aware Audio Adapter. When there’s more than one speaker it lets each one react in their own way using smart face zoning.

What can you use it for?

Here’s where it shines:

• Chat scenes with animated people
• Lessons or stories told by talking avatars
• Group talks or roleplays
• Singing videos where faces match the music
• Stylized stuff like anime or hand-drawn looks

Can You Use Tencent HunyuanVideo-Avatar Commercially?

Yes, with some important conditions.

Here’s the quick version of this licence:

You can use it commercially if:

• You’re not based in the EU, UK, or South Korea
• Your product or service has fewer than 100 million monthly active users (MAUs)
• You follow Tencent’s Acceptable Use Policy
• You clearly note that your content is “Powered by Tencent Hunyuan”
• You don’t use it to improve other AI models
• You stay within the allowed territory (outside EU/UK/South Korea)

You cannot:

• Use it if you’re in the EU, UK, or South Korea
• Use it at scale (100M+ MAUs) without asking Tencent first
• Train or enhance other AI models with its output
• Use it in banned categories (military, impersonation, disinformation, discrimination etc.)
• Use the Tencent name/logo freely for marketing unless required by license terms