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Let's get into the couple of updates
we have for you this week.
To make it a little bit easier for you to enter captions,
we're releasing the ability for you to enter those captions
as you upload a video
directly from the Video Elements page.
Here, you'll be taken
to the recently redesigned captions editor
where you'll be able to do three really cool things.
Firstly, you'll be able to type in your own captions
relevant to the video that you're uploading.
Secondly, you can have the option
to upload a captions file.
Thirdly, you can edit the automatically generated captions
if there's something that you spot
that isn't quite 100% correct.
All right, secondly, let's talk permissions.
If you are user who's been granted access to a channel
via channel permissions,
you now have the ability to request support
via YouTube Studio, via chat or email options
on behalf of that channel
if the channel itself is eligible for support.
Okay, moving from support options
to being a supportive platform for creators,
we've heard directly from creators
that we can do more to provide you with options
to prevent you from seeing more hurtful comments
and to surface those comments
that are more important to you.
To address this,
what we're doing is putting some held comments
that we've identified might be more hurtful than others
in a new section in the Held for review tab
in YouTube Studio right at the bottom.
If you want to review these,
you can do so by clicking on See hidden comments
at the bottom of that Held for review tab.
Or if you prefer, you can leave them unreviewed
and completely ignore them.
Now, if you click on this option,
you're gonna be presented with a confirmation message.
That message is gonna ask you to confirm
that you wanna proceed
and will warn you that the comments in this new section
may be offensive.
Please note that the section may not always appear.
And we'll finish up with an update
on Studio Mobile and shorts.
Studio Mobile is now gonna show you
typical performance for shorts.
This is gonna be great
because it shows you your average percentage watched, likes,
and compares this short with previous shorts.
Now, the big bonus here is for creators who upload
both short-form content and long-form content
because you'd be able to compare each in its own right
with previous types of uploads
in each of those two categories.
And that is just about it from us this week
at "Creator Insider,"
but not before we get to one of your audience questions
taken directly from comments on last week's videos.
So this particular one was from the video I did last week
on the expansion of content eligible for the green icon.
A lot of you asked the same type of question,
so we'll take this one directly from Khmer Narrated Stories
who asked, "Do you re-review videos that got yellow icons
before this expansion scope, and do you reconsider them?"
And the answer is yes, we'll be automatically reviewing
and re-reviewing videos uploaded since May 2019
against those newly updated guidelines,
so no need to send those for review.
If your video was uploaded before May 2019,
you can request a human review in Studio.
We hope that clarifies.
This is something that we hope to close out by mid-April,
so by the end of next week.
So if you're still experiencing any issues,
drop those comments underneath this video.
And that's it from the creators of YouTube
to YouTube creators.
This has been your weekly news flash.
I'm Conor, delighted to be with you this week.
I'll see you next week.