YouTube’s homepage search bar has quietly turned into something closer to a conversation. “Ask YouTube,” the AI-powered feature YouTube detailed at its Made on YouTube event on September 23, 2026, lets you type or speak a long, specific question instead of a handful of keywords, and it is already seeing real use: YouTube says more … Read more
For most of its history, YouTube comments supported only text and a small set of emoji. That’s changing. YouTube is rolling out support for GIFs and images directly inside the comment section, announced around the “Made on YouTube” event and now appearing for a growing share of viewers, with multiple outlets reporting a full rollout … Read more
On September 23, 2026, at YouTube’s “Made on YouTube” event, the company rolled out Shorts series — a way to organize your Shorts into TV-style seasons and episodes instead of leaving them as disconnected clips. It extends Creator Shows, the long-form seasons-and-episodes format YouTube introduced in 2025, down to vertical, under-180-second video, and adds custom … Read more
YouTube Shorts just got a structural feature long-form video has had for years: the ability to group individual videos into a proper series with seasons and episodes, instead of leaving viewers to stumble onto a random clip with no way to find the rest. YouTube announced Shorts series at its Made on YouTube 2026 event … Read more
YouTube’s homepage has run on one algorithmic feed for almost its entire existence. At the Made on YouTube 2026 event on September 23, YouTube announced Custom Feeds, a feature that lets you describe the kind of feed you want in plain language and get a dedicated homepage tab built around it. Here’s what it actually … Read more
YouTube Studio’s Ask Studio assistant just picked up two genuinely new capabilities announced at the Made on YouTube 2026 event on September 23: personalized feedback on unpublished video drafts, and dynamic thumbnails that YouTube tests automatically without you setting anything up. Here’s what each one actually does, how it’s different from the manual A/B testing … Read more
If you opened YouTube Shorts recently and noticed the thumbs-up icon has turned into a heart — and the thumbs-down is gone entirely — you’re not imagining it. YouTube rolled out a genuine redesign of the Shorts reaction bar in 2026, and it’s a permanent change, not another short-lived test. Here’s exactly what changed, when, … Read more
If the idea of going live on YouTube Shorts has ever stopped you before you started, YouTube has a new answer: Practice Mode for Vertical Live, a private rehearsal space that launched in August 2026. Here’s what it actually does, how to use it, and where its limits are. What Vertical Live Is (Quick Refresher) … Read more
What YouTube’s Theater Mode actually does, how to turn it on with a keyboard shortcut, how it differs from full-screen, and fixes if it stops working.
Every current YouTube Premium price — Individual, Family, Student, and Lite — what each plan actually includes, and which one makes sense for you.
