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YouTube announces Custom Feeds and ’Your podcast lineup’
9to5Google • • business
Key Points:
- YouTube is launching Custom Feeds to allow users to create dedicated tabs based on moods or interests, available soon in the US across web, mobile, and TV platforms.
- New shopping features in Ask YouTube will provide organized video recommendations and enable users to ask product-related questions directly on video watch pages.
- This fall, YouTube comments will support GIFs, and in-app direct messaging will add group chat functionality in select countries including the US, UK, and Brazil.
- YouTube Music is introducing "Your podcast lineup," an AI-driven personalized audio guide with weekly spoken previews, alongside enhanced Ask Music chat features for Premium subscribers worldwide.
- YouTube Shorts now supports series organization with seasons and episodes, and the Shorts feed will begin recommending posts; text posts will also be available on TVs soon.
- For creators, YouTube plans to pilot Live auto-dubbing in early 2027 for real-time speech translation and is testing opt-in AI-powered comment moderation tailored to individual styles.
