- YouTube introduces Veo, a Google DeepMind video generation model, to Dream Screen, allowing creators to generate realistic backgrounds and standalone video clips for Shorts.
- YouTube Studio's Inspiration tab now offers AI-powered suggestions, helping creators refine ideas, titles, and thumbnails to match their unique style and content.
- YouTube expands auto dubbing to more creators, allowing videos to automatically feature dubbed audio tracks, making content accessible to non-native language speakers worldwide.
A number of exciting tools and features were unveiled at the Made on YouTube 2024 event to improve the experiences of both creators and viewers. These improvements-including advanced content creation tools, community-building functionalities, and many others-are poised to transform the way both creators and viewers interact with the platform.
1. Veo integration with Dream Screen
Building on last year’s Dream Screen, YouTube is introducing Veo, a cutting-edge video generation model by Google DeepMind. Veo will allow creators to generate realistic backgrounds and standalone video clips for their YouTube Shorts, taking video creativity to new heights.
2. Enhanced inspiration tab
The Inspiration tab in YouTube Studio now provides creators with improved suggestions for projects. These AI-powered suggestions help refine ideas, titles, thumbnails, and outlines, all customized to match each creator’s unique style.
3. New community spaces
Creators can now enable Communities on their channel pages, providing a dedicated space for subscribers and creators to interact. Users can post art, pictures, and ideas, fostering deeper engagement around their favorite content.
4. Upgraded Community Hub
The Community Hub in YouTube Studio offers creators easier ways to engage with their audience. With AI-driven comment reply suggestions, creators can respond quickly, even as their audience grows, ensuring meaningful interactions.
5. Auto dubbing for global reach
To make videos more accessible across the globe, YouTube is expanding auto dubbing to hundreds of thousands of additional creators. This feature allows creators to add dubbed audio tracks automatically, increasing accessibility for non-native language speakers.
6. Introducing ‘Hype’ for creators
Viewers can now “hype” their favorite small-to-medium creators. This new feature helps videos get featured on a weekly hype leaderboard, giving creators more visibility and helping them connect with new audiences.
7. YouTube Shopping expansion
With over 250,000 creators already on YouTube Shopping, the affiliate program is expanding beyond the U.S. and South Korea to Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam, offering more creators opportunities to monetize their content through shopping.
8. Gifts powered by Jewels
Launching on vertical live streams, Gifts powered by Jewels will allow viewers to react and engage with live content more dynamically. This new feature also provides creators with an additional way to earn revenue through viewer participation.
9. Stand out on the big screen
YouTube is enhancing how creators’ content appears on televisions. Creators will soon be able to organize videos into seasons and episodes for a more TV-like experience. Additionally, creators can enable autoplay on their channel pages, giving viewers an immersive introduction to their content.
Made on YouTube 2024 event
New features Made on YouTube 2024 enables creators to build up and further develop their channel, engage with their audience, and monetize their work; for viewers, these changes mean more interaction with richer content and easier access.
