Abiodun on YouTube is testing creators’ voice replies among “a small number” of creators in the U.S. Spotted by The Verge, YouTube says it hopes that the experiment “enables more meaningful relationships between creators and audiences.” Creators in the test group will now see a new sound …
Abiodun on YouTube has launched a new troubleshooting tool to help creators in recovering their hacked accounts. The new tool is an AI support assistant that will guide impacted creators through a series of questions and steps to recover their accounts after it has been hacked. The …
Abiodun on In its third instalment of Release Notes, YouTube announced six new features to YouTube Shorts. The new features are geared towards making the YouTube Shorts more interactive, among them is the text-to-speech feature available on TikTok. YouTube is pushing shorts and wants people to have …
Abiodun on It will now be easier for creators to remove copyrighted music from videos without affecting other parts of the audio. On Friday, the company announced the launch of its updated eraser tool for creators. “Good news creators: our updated Erase Song tool helps you easily …
Abiodun on YouTube is experimenting with a new feature called notes that allows audiences to add “relevant, timely, and easy-to-understand context” to videos. With notes, people can add more context to videos to clarify that it is a parody, or an old video being shared as new. …
Abiodun on YouTube is finally opening up its “Thumbnail Test & Compare” feature to all creators. The feature was first announced last June but was only available to a few hundred creators. With Test & Compare, creators can test up to three thumbnails for a video to …
Abiodun on In a blog post today, YouTube announced it is rolling out a new tool in Creator Studio that will let creators label AI-generated content. Such content includes the ones viewers “could easily mistake for a real person, place, or event – is made with altered …
Abiodun on Every YouTube creator wants viewers to like their videos and subscribe to their channel, as these factors are important to their growth on the platform. “Like and Subscribe” are familiar words that viewers are used to hearing on the platform. To bring “more life” to …
Abiodun on YouTube has announced the release of YouTube Create, a new app for mobile creators. The app is still in beta but is available to creators in the U.S., UK, France, Germany, South Korea and Indonesia. “The app offers video editing tools including precision editing and …
Abiodun on YouTube is working on disrupting video playback for viewers using ad blockers. In an email to The Verge, the company confirmed that it is running “a small experiment globally that urges viewers with ad blockers enabled to allow ads on YouTube or try YouTube Premium.” …
Abiodun on YouTube creators recognise the importance of having a good thumbnail. A video’s thumbnail is a major factor in whether the audience will watch the video. To make this decision easier for creators, YouTube is testing a new feature called “Test & Compare.” Also known as …
Abiodun on YouTube is lowering the required terms for creators to be eligible for monetization. On Tuesday, the company announced changes to its YouTube Partner Program (YPP). Under the new terms, creators with 500 subscribers, 3 public uploads in the last 90 days, and 3000 watch hours …
Abiodun on “Baby Shark” now has more than 10 billion views on YouTube, the catchy children’s tune on Pinkfong’s channel reached the milestone on Thursday, January 13th, Billboard reports. The gap between the video and Luis Fonsi’s “Despacito” grows bigger yet again, since displacing the reggaeton song …
Abiodun on YouTube has added a new “Listening controls” tab to its app on Android and iOS for Premium subscribers, 9to5Google reports. YouTube began testing the feature in May but it has now been widely rolled out for all videos. When Premium subscribers are watching a music …
Abiodun on It was coming, YouTube today announced it is making dislike counts private and the change will start rolling out today. In March, the Google-owned company announced it was testing new designs that will let creators hide dislike counts in a bid to stop targeted dislike …
Abiodun on YouTube announced on Thursday it now has more than 50 million Music and Premium subscribers, a remarkable growth from the 30 million it reported in December 2020. The Google-owned company says its service is the “fastest growing music subscription out there” according to the MiDIA. …