Use this article to stay up to date with all the latest changes on YouTube. If you're a YouTube Premium member, read about updates and promotions here. If you're a video creator, read about changes to creator tools and features here.
Latest updates
Updates from the past 2 weeks
Super Chat & Super Stickers Expansion: If you’re in Indonesia, you can now support your favorite creators during live chat with Super Chat & Super Stickers. Super Chat highlights your message in the live chat and Super Stickers gives you a colorful animation in the live chat feed. Learn more.
Channel Memberships Gifting Beta: We’re introducing ways for channel members to buy a 1-month gift membership for others. On participating channels, members can buy gift memberships during live streams and Premieres, which we’ll distribute to viewers of the channel. Once redeemed, gift memberships give viewers up to 1 month of channel membership perks. Learn more.
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Previous updates
Updates from the past 6 months
April 2022
- Watch Shorts on computers, tablets, and mobile web: We’re bringing the Shorts player to computers, tablets, and mobile web on your phone. Everyone can now watch short videos in a viewing experience made for them. Tablet and mobile web viewers can also tap Shorts
at the bottom of the app or browser screen to start watching Shorts.
- New Subtitle Editor permissions level in YouTube Studio: With the role of Subtitle Editor in Studio, creators can give you access to add and edit subtitles on their videos. You will be permitted to modify subtitles on any videos where a creator has set a default language. Learn more about getting Subtitle Editor access.
March 2022
February 2022
January 2022
December 2021
- Subscription collections: We're experimenting with a new feature to the Subscriptions feed called collections. You can create and personalize collections around topics you enjoy. Collections make it easier to find content in the subscriptions feed that you're most interested in watching right now.