The Sora app might soon come to Android. It's currently a huge hit, and this is what it can do

The Sora app from OpenAI, which I introduced to you only at the beginning of October, is preparing for expansion to Android. According to information from developer Artem Russakovski, the app has appeared on the Google Play Store, where it is currently available for pre-registration for users in the USA and Canada. This step comes after phenomenal success on the iOS platform, where the app literally surpassed ChatGPT’s own record.

Faster Growth than ChatGPT

Sora team lead, Bill Peebles, announced on social media platform X that the app reached a million downloads in less than 5 days since its launch. This is a significantly faster pace than ChatGPT upon its release in 2022. Furthermore, the app took the top spot in the App Store in the USA, even though it was only available by invitation to users from North America.

This is the Sora app, powered by Sora 2.

Inside the app, you can create, remix, and bring yourself or your friends into the scene through cameos—all within a customizable feed designed just for Sora videos.

See inside the Sora app👇 pic.twitter.com/GxzxdNZMYG

— OpenAI (@OpenAI) September 30, 2025

This rapid start is all the more impressive given that Sora entered the social video market, which is already saturated with giants like TikTok or Instagram Reels. However, users were clearly captivated by the unique ability to generate hyperrealistic videos with just a text prompt.

What Sora Offers and How It Works

Sora represents a new type of creative application that uses the Sora 2 model for video generation. Users enter a text description or upload an image, and the app creates a ten-second video including sound within seconds. The results can be cinematic, animated, photorealistic, or entirely surreal – it depends solely on the creator’s imagination.

The most interesting feature is “Cameos”, which allows you to insert yourself or friends directly into generated videos. A one-time upload of a short video is enough to capture your likeness, and the app can faithfully reproduce your appearance and voice in any AI-created environment. Users have full control over who can use their likeness.

The app functions as a social network similar to TikTok – it has a vertically scrollable feed, options for commenting, sharing, and remixing other users’ videos. The difference is that all content is generated by artificial intelligence.

Controversial Aspects and Criticism

With Sora’s popularity came serious questions regarding ethics and copyright. The app faces criticism for enabling the creation of videos featuring deceased celebrities like Michael Jackson or Tupac Shakur. Zelda Williams, daughter of the late actor Robin Williams, publicly asked people to stop sending her AI videos of her father, the BBC website reported.

Videos featuring characters from movies, games, and TV series are also problematic. In one viral deepfake, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, for example, grills and eats a Pokémon Pikachu.

In an October blog post, Sam Altman indicated that the company plans some form of revenue sharing with rights holders in the future. Whether a compromise between creative freedom and respect for copyright can be found remains to be seen.

Conclusion

The Sora app has already proven on iOS that there is huge demand for a tool that can transform imagination into video in a matter of seconds – it is therefore expected that Android users will have no less interest in it.

Are you looking forward to Sora for Android?

Sources: Artem Russakovskii/X, Google Play, Android Police, BBC, OpenAI