YouTube is currently testing a new ‘For You’ section on channel homepages to provide a more personalized viewing experience. This section will recommend various types of content from the channel based on the viewer’s previous video-watching activity. Creators cannot opt out of this experiment, but they will have control over whether the For You section is displayed on their channels and which types of content are shown.
In addition to this, YouTube has recently implemented improvements to the channel page layout. They are also testing an artificial intelligence (AI) feature that generates auto-generated video summaries. These summaries will help users quickly decide if a video is suitable for them, but they do not replace the video descriptions written by creators.
Furthermore, YouTube has introduced new creation tools for short, vertical videos called ‘YouTube Shorts’. The Collab tool allows users to record a Short alongside other YouTube or Shorts videos, while the Q&A sticker enables creators to ask questions to their audience and receive responses in the comments section.
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