- What's up creators, this is The News Flash,
your one stop shop for everything you need to know about
what's coming up this week on YouTube.
Let's get into it.
First up, we're gonna talk about tips.
Now, last week we put on stories
a ton of interviews that Matt had done with creators.
If you missed that,
we've put all of those tips into a neat video
the link for which is in that description
beneath this video.
Next up, we have a message about staying safe on YouTube.
So to help users stay safe on the platform
we're adding a message on iOS
when you click an external link that's in a comment on VOD.
That's gonna ask you if you're sure
you wanna leave the platform and pursue this link
and that you're sure that you trust this link
to bring you somewhere safe.
There are two things you're gonna want to keep in mind
when it comes to this leave YouTube message.
The first is that it applies only to comments on VODs
but we might expand to other surfaces in future.
The second is that it doesn't apply
when it comes to any links
from the channel owner on their own channel
or for any links within the YouTube domain.
So what this means is if you're clicking on a link
that's linking to another YouTube video
on the platform, for example that has specific timestamp,
you're not gonna be seeing this message.
We do hope to expand this
to desktop and Android in the future,
but for now, that's your update.
Next up, we have some really good news
if you're fun of hashtag landing pages.
What's the news?
Well, it's launched to 100%.
And what does that mean?
It means that any time you search for a hashtag on YouTube,
you're gonna be brought to a hashtag landing page
specific to that very hashtag.
So let us know what you think in the comments below.
We'll send any of the feedback we get
to the team that manages this awesome process for YouTube.
In the last news flash,
Dr. Palta asked how to switch to came to a brand account.
Well, we contacted James
who's gonna help you out Dr. Palta,
and he's gonna walk you all through that now.
- [James] I'm gonna give you a quick explainer here
about how to move your permissions
from being managed by your brand account
to being managed by channel permissions.
And also give you some information
about why that may or may not be the right decision for you.
So if you go to settings and then the permissions,
if you've had a brand account in the past,
you're familiar with this top piece
that says, hey manage permissions.
And then when you click on it,
it takes you to where you can manage permissions
with your brand account.
But this here at the bottom will be new
where it says move permissions to YouTube Studio.
And so I'm going to kind of walk you through
what that will look like.
So this is a test channel.
I'm gonna go to move permissions and you can see here
what will happen is the people that have permissions
to your brand accounts will be pulled in here
and you'll have to choose a new access level for them.
The reason for this is that the roles don't precisely
line up between the two.
We've tailored the new roles more towards YouTube
to be more granular
and so you're going to have to make a new choice.
The other thing that it is important for you to realize
and take a look at is that
there are some places where the new channel permissions
are not yet supported
that brand accounts have worked in the past.
All of this is outlined on our help text
Sorry.
Yeah, all of that is outlined on our help text here
where you can see some of the limitations.
And so just to give you an example,
things like live streaming as the channel.
If you had someone who was accessing your channel
through brand permissions that's managing this for you,
this isn't yet supported by the new channel permissions.
We do plan to support it in the future,
but I don't want you to break your workflow
by moving over and finding out,
hey, actually this isn't gonna work for me.
So yeah.
So let's say you've decided that this is right for you
or you like to try things out.
You can choose a role for this person
or you can choose to remove their access.
In this case, I'm gonna use the new editor limited role
even though my channel isn't monetized
am just so excited about it.
And then you need to understand,
this person is gonna have access to your channel
through channel permissions.
They're also gonna lose access to the brand account.
So they will not be able to access your channel
through the brand account.
They also won't be able to access other Google services
that use the brand account, things like Google Photos
or Google My Business.
If you didn't know
they had access to those things today, great.
But if some of you are using a brand account permissions
in this way, you wanna be aware.
Last but not least you hit invite,
they will then be removed from the brand account
and get a new permission
with a new invitation from YouTube Studio.
So you can see this person has been invited here.
Last but not least,
let's say you didn't read the help text closely
and you actually got...
You know, you found something that's not gonna work for you,
you need to go back.
You can always opt out.
And what that will do is it will remove access
to any users from channel permissions
and then you'll have to go back to the brand account
to re-invite people over again.
We don't add people back on your behalf.
Yeah. So that's it.
I'll show you how this works really quickly here.
Super easy.
Just opt out so that you understand.
And yeah, that's it.
Definitely take a look and let us know what you think.
- All right, we've grown the channel significantly
over the past year
and it's been in no small part with your help.
I've gotten tips on how to perform better on camera.
I've gotten a ton of really constructive feedback
about presence and tone and energy
and I just want to say thank you
but also keep that feedback coming.
Whether it's in the send feedback link
or through comments we read through absolutely everything.
And I know I've become a little bit better at least
as a result of all of your feedback.
So that's it for me this week.
You'll see me again next week
with all of the official updates
from YouTube right here on this channel
where you can ask questions about anything you want.
So from the creators of YouTube to YouTube creators,
am O'Connor signing off, see you next week.