For those creators who’ve been asking, YouTube is not planning to enable custom thumbnails for Shorts clips at this stage, but it is working on a related solution that’s pretty similar either way. Custom thumbnails enable YouTubers to create specific header images for their clips, which are then displayed in-stream. Here’s an example of MrBeast’s [...]read moreYouTube’s Developing Thumb Frame Customization for Shorts Clips
For those creators who’ve been asking, YouTube is not planning to enable custom thumbnails for Shorts clips at this stage, but it is working on a related solution that’s pretty similar either way. Custom thumbnails enable YouTubers to create specific header images for their clips, which are then displayed in-stream. Here’s an example of MrBeast’s [...]read moreYouTube’s Developing Thumb Frame Customization for Shorts Clips
Oh, Elon Musk is going to love this. Today, YouTube has announced a new option that will enable users to add their own notes on videos to provide “relevant, timely, and easy-to-understand context”. In other words, Community Notes, YouTube is adding its own version of Community Notes, essentially the same as X, which will enable [...]read moreYouTube’s Testing its Own Version of Community Notes
YouTube is adding QR codes for channels, in order to facilitate faster connection, while it’s also testing effects creation for Shorts, and expanding access to its “Jump Ahead” feature for clips. First off, on QR codes. Now, you can access a unique QR code for your YouTube channel, to help facilitate broader connection. As per [...]read moreYouTube’s Testing QR Codes for Channels, User-Generated Shorts Effects
YouTube’s controversial desktop redesign is now available to all YouTube Premium subscribers, as the platform continues to work on its new format, which will ideally, eventually provide a more intuitive and engaging viewing experience. As you can see in this example (posted by Android Authority), the updated YouTube desktop playback U.I. places the video title, [...]read moreYouTube’s Updated Desktop UI is Now Available to All Premium Subscribers
YouTube is bringing its ad blocker fight to mobile. In an update on Monday, YouTube writes that users accessing videos through a third-party ad blocking app may encounter buffering issues or see an error message that reads, “The following content is not available on this app.” Last year, YouTube “launched a global effort” to encourage [...]read moreYouTube’s ad blocker crackdown now includes third-party apps
Seven months after taking the role as YouTube’s Chief Product Officer, Johanna Voolich has provided some insights into her vision for the app, including new projects, the focus on generative AI, and more. Voolich shared her thoughts as part of a new interview series on YouTube, which will provide insight into its planning and development [...]read moreYouTube’s Chief Product Officer Shares Notes on Thumbnail Testing and Generative AI Updates
Seven months after taking the role as YouTube’s Chief Product Officer, Johanna Voolich has provided some insights into her vision for the app, including new projects, the focus on generative AI, and more. Voolich shared her thoughts as part of a new interview series on YouTube, which will provide insight into its planning and development [...]read moreYouTube’s Chief Product Officer Shares Notes on Thumbnail Testing and Generative AI Updates
YouTube Create, Google’s standalone mobile app aimed at creators, which helps them produce both Shorts and longer videos, is expanding to a broader set of markets after last fall’s launch into beta testing. The app was initially available on Android in the U.S. and a handful of other select markets, but today will become available [...]read moreYouTube’s Create app, a competitor to TikTok’s creative tools, expands to 13 more markets