- All right creators, we made it to another Tuesday,
and you know what that means.
We've a stellar set of updates for you,
so let's get into them.
First up I wanna talk you through
a really exciting expansion.
Now this is called appeals via video with English Subtitles.
To give you context around this,
we're talking about the YouTube Partner program.
Where, as you know, we review all monetizing channels,
to ensure they're following our policies.
Now given that this involves humans,
mistakes can be made.
And sometimes these reviewers incorrectly
suspend or reject channels from YPP.
Now, naturally, that's frustrating,
and we wanna make the experience better.
If you're eligible you can record a video
where you explain what your channel is about
and the content within it.
Then our policy team will review that video
and your channel again with that context in mind.
If we've made a mistake,
we'll turn monetization back on for your channel.
We're going to expand this beta to allow creators
to submit videos in their own native language
with English subtitles,
if that native language isn't supported.
We hope to expand this even more very soon,
so stay tuned for updates.
Next up, let's talk about a launch.
New YouTube analytics reports available on mobile.
Now what we're talking about here is our effort
to bring more studio desktop features to mobile.
And, as part of this,
we're launching new reports under the revenue tab
highlighting monthly revenue and revenue from transactions.
Stuff like memberships, super chat, et cetera.
As part of this launch we're also launching
the traffic sources performance report,
something that's, up until now,
only been available on video overview on desktop web.
Now this card is gonna tell you two specific things.
It's gonna summarize your traffic sources performance,
obviously,
and it's gonna give you an indication as to whether
any of those traffic sources are higher, lower, or typical
compared to previous videos.
Now you can find more information by tapping on the card,
and you'll see a little bit more detail.
But we're hoping to roll out both of these reports
over the next couple of days on mobile.
Next up let's discuss the launch of merch
in five new AMEA markets.
They are Austria, Switzerland,
Czech Republic, Poland, and Russia.
Yes, I was reading those.
Where creators in those markets
can now provide their viewers with products
from supported retailers
within the merch shelf on their video,
or within the channel page itself under the store tab.
Now the added bonus,
creators within existing markets where merch is launched
are able to reach viewers in these five new AMEA markets.
Now lastly, let's touch on an expansion.
The expansion of community posts
to channels with more than 500 subscribers.
We're changing the eligibility threshold
from channels with 1,000 subscribers
to all channels with more than 500 subscribers.
For channels that are just under 500 subscribers, know this,
we're working to bring community posts to you in the future.
For those that have just passed
that 500 subscriber threshold,
know that it can take up to one week
for you to see the option to create community posts.
In addition, know that posts via the community tab
were designed to replace the discussion tab,
an older feature which allowed text updates
to be posted to your viewers.
Because of the fact that more creators
have access to the community posts,
and they provide much more creative ways
to engage your viewers,
it's also available on mobile.
We're removing the discussions tab
as of October 12th, 2021.
Until that date you'll have access
to the discussions tab via the channel page on desktop.
Now bear in mind that if you don't yet
have access to community posts,
you can rely on comments to engage your viewers.
Let us know if you have any feedback on this
in the comments below.
And now before I sign off we're going to jump
to two audience questions.
We want to clarify these questions,
which came up a few times from our video
where we outlined the new policy
whereby monetizing channels have to
setup two-step verification.
So some creators were asking the following:
Is it possible to enable
two-step verification on a landline?
And the answer is yes.
We brought this to the team and they said the following.
'You can get a call to your landline phone
with a verification code.
Just enter your preferred phone number
when setting up two-step verification,
and future verification codes will be shared
via audio through the landline.'
Our second question came up from a few folks,
who were asking,
'Will you be requiring us to sign in
with two-step verification every time you log into studio?'
And the answer is not every time.
Similarly, we brought this back to the team,
and they said once you've set up
two-step verification you can choose not to use
two-step verification again on a particular computer.
From then on that computer will only ask
for your password and your sign in.
You'll still be covered because when you,
or anyone else tries to sign into your account
from another computer two-step verification
will be required.
So this is all about your account's security.
So that's it from me,
from the creators of YouTube to YouTube's creators.
Thanks to tuning into the News Flash,
and we'll see you soon.