YouTube announces over 30 new AI-powered tools

AI as a creative partner

At the heart of the new features are AI-powered tools designed to transform video production from the ground up:

• Google’s Veo 3 Fast in Shorts: Google’s video generation model is integrated directly into YouTube Shorts. It allows creators to create 480p videos with a matching audio track from simple text prompts. Additional features make it possible to animate uploaded photos, stylise videos and easily add objects to scenes via text input.
• Edit with AI: This tool is designed to drastically shorten the editing process by analysing raw footage and automatically turning it into an initial, polished draft with suitable transitions, music and even voiceovers.
• Automatic clipping: Using AI, YouTube will automatically identify the most exciting and relevant moments from long videos, such as podcasts or streams, and suggest them as vertical Shorts. This makes it easier for creators to recycle content and reach new audiences.

Global reach and improved analytics

To help international creators make their content accessible to a broader audience, automatic dubbing will be significantly improved:

• Improved auto-dubbing: The “Aloud” feature is being expanded with AI-driven lip synchronisation. The tool adapts the speaker’s mouth movements to the translated audio track in up to 20 languages, resulting in a much more natural viewing experience.
• Collaborations: It will become easier to collaborate with other channels on a video. The content can then be recommended to the audiences of all participating creators.
• “Ask Studio”: Analysis via chat interface: To evaluate channel performance, YouTube Studio is being expanded with the “Ask Studio” feature. This is an AI-powered chatbot that creators can interact with to understand their analytics data. Instead of clicking through various dashboards, they can ask questions in natural language to receive data-based answers and suggestions for optimising content.
  

Comprehensive updates for live streaming and monetisation

The live section is also receiving the biggest update in YouTube’s history to date:

• Multi-format streaming: Creators will soon be able to broadcast a single live stream simultaneously in the traditional 16:9 format and as a vertical Shorts video, with comments and viewer numbers from both formats combined.
• New monetisation options: The “Collabs” feature makes it possible to publish a video on up to five channels simultaneously in order to boost each other’s reach. In addition, new advertising formats such as “Side-by-Side Ads” and the option to dynamically insert creators’ own adverts or brand partnerships into videos are being introduced. This makes it possible to monetise content differently depending on the region or replace expired campaigns.

These and many more features, including a practice mode for live streams and expanded shopping integrations, will be rolled out gradually to creators over the course of the coming year. With these innovations, YouTube underscores its commitment to making the platform more accessible, intelligent and profitable for creators of all sizes.