- Sup creators!
This is your weekly newsflash,
a set of updates that brings you in the know
about everything you need to know
about what's going on and at YouTube.
Let's get into this week's updates.
All right and first up,
we have some good news around the shorts creation tools.
Which as of yesterday are going to be rolled out globally.
And that means that anybody with access to the YouTube app
should have access to these tools by next week.
Now I hear you ask what are the shorts creation tools?
Well, quick snapshot,
the multi segment camera,
access to the audio library,
and access to the ability to sample audio
from other shorts,
or other videos on the platform.
Next up let's talk stories metrics cards.
Now, recently we launched an overview card
on YouTube analytics for desktop
to give creators a sense of how a story
contributed to that channel.
For an active story,
this card is going to show you views, likes and comment
per story segment.
And views, likes, and comments as well as subscribers gained
for the entirety of the story.
Let us know if you have any feedback in the comments below.
Next up, let's talk about mobile permissions.
In May, we announced that we were rolling out
channel permissions to mobile on Android.
Up until that point,
users that had access to a channel via channel permissions
could only manage that channel on studio desktop.
And that's what we in the industry call a drag.
Now we're happy to announce
that we're going to begin rolling out mobile permissions
to all users over the coming weeks.
Next up let's talk about automatic video chapters,
and a launch that we're really excited about it.
Now, late last year, we announced an experiment around this,
where instead of you
having to provide timestamps and titles,
our machine learning would step in
and provide automatic video chapters for you.
As part of this launch,
it's important to note,
you can turn this on and off in YouTube studio
By clicking on edit video,
show more,
and toggling the option
allow automatic chapters when eligible and available.
In addition,
if you prefer to opt out of automatic chapters
for your uploads going forwards,
you can do that as well.
All you have to do is go to settings,
upload defaults,
and advanced settings.
Where you'll find that same automatic chapters checkbox.
We'll leave instructions in all of this
in the description below.
And as always,
there's a little bit more detail.
To make sure that you have the full picture,
three things I want you to note.
The first is that any time you manually enter video chapters
in your description
that will override those automatic video chapters.
Secondly, not all videos are eligible
and some eligible videos may not have suitable chapters
to be automatically generated.
And thirdly,
we'll start by rolling this out to new uploads,
and then we'll roll it out to more videos
depending on how recently they were uploaded.
Any feedback or questions,
you know where leave them in the comments below.
And next up,
more good news for YouTube studio users.
This is a highly requested feature,
and we're delighted to be able to announce
that over the next couple of months,
you'll be able to use YouTube studio with a dark theme.
That means it'll have a dark background and light text.
Now once live,
you'll find this feature on YouTube studio desktop
by clicking on the profile picture
in the top right-hand corner,
clicking on appearance settings
and then selecting dark theme.
Now remember,
dark theme is just as suitable for daytime as nighttime
and helps with glare and eyestrain.
And, Boom!
That is another newsflash done and dusted for the week.
We hope you enjoyed it.
And I am not signing off until
I get to one of these audience questions.
Now this week's question comes from Jay Three B,
who asks,
how do I find my achievements?
I can't find them.
And by the way, well done.
Thank you,
Jay three D.
Now the team said
the achievement card will show up
on creator studio dashboard,
if a milestone and either views,
subscriber or watch time has passed.
As with many features we discuss on this channel,
this card is only an experiment,
and not yet launched to all creators.
So we hope this clarifies
from the creators of YouTube to YouTube creators.
I've been Connor
and this has been your weekly newsflash.