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At its Made by YouTube event, the company announced users will soon build custom homepage feeds via conversational AI prompts, first rolling out to US users on web, mobile and TV. YouTube also expanded its shows feature to Shorts for episodic sequencing, added a searchable GIF library for mobile comments globally this fall, and introduced voice-to-text commenting on supported TVs.
YouTube announced at its Made on YouTube event that users will soon create multiple custom video feeds by typing plain-language prompts, with dedicated homepage tabs for each topic, rolling out on desktop, TV and mobile in the US next month. The company is also expanding its experimental Ask YouTube tool, which can now pull information from videos and outside sources to build comparison tables and answer follow-up questions on a video's watch page.
YouTube announced at its Made on YouTube event that Ask YouTube, its conversational AI search feature, will now help users make shopping decisions. Users searching for products can get organized comparisons of attributes and categories, and can ask follow-up questions directly on a video's watch page. YouTube said the feature, powered by a custom Gemini model, was used by over 140 million people in June, up more than 500% since December.