--- title: YouTube's Made on YouTube 2026: AI feeds, shopping... description: YouTube's Made on YouTube 2026 event introduced a broad set of AI-powered features. Custom Feeds let US viewers type natural-language prompts, powered by... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/youtube-s-made-on-youtube-2026-ai-feeds-shopping-search-and-creator-tools-j80pdqqi2 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: YouTube's Made on YouTube 2026: AI feeds, shopping search, and creator tools | daily.dev og:description: YouTube's Made on YouTube 2026 event introduced a broad set of AI-powered features. Custom Feeds let US viewers type natural-language prompts, powered by... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/youtube-s-made-on-youtube-2026-ai-feeds-shopping-search-and-creator-tools-j80pdqqi2 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/j80pdqQI2.png og:image:alt: YouTube's Made on YouTube 2026: AI feeds, shopping search, and creator tools og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # YouTube's Made on YouTube 2026: AI feeds, shopping search, and creator tools **[Collections](https://daily.dev/sources/collections)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary YouTube's Made on YouTube 2026 event introduced a broad set of AI-powered features. Custom Feeds let US viewers type natural-language prompts, powered by Gemini, to build personalized homepage tabs, rolling out on web and mobile next month. Ask YouTube's conversational search is expanding into shopping with comparison tables and timestamp-grounded answers, having grown over 500% to 140 million monthly users since December. Studio is gaining AI thumbnail/title generation, Dynamic Thumbnails A/B testing, video opening A/B tests, expanded Ask Studio draft feedback, and deeper analytics. Shorts and YouTube Create get a Gemini-powered conversational editing assistant plus a seasons/episodes structure for microdramas. Additional updates include AI product auto-tagging for affiliate shopping, Amazon affiliate expansion beyond the US, and 2027 pilots for live auto-dubbing and co-streaming features. The push is framed partly as a response to Netflix's recruitment of YouTube creators. ## Content # YouTube's Made on YouTube 2026 announcements: AI editing, custom feeds, shopping search, and more YouTube held its annual Made on YouTube event and announced a wide range of updates spanning creator tools, viewer personalization, music, and community features. Here's a rundown of what's new. ## Creator tools and Studio **Ask Studio** is expanding to iOS and Android. The Q&A tool can now analyze unpublished draft videos and give feedback on pacing and storytelling before a video goes live. A new research feed shows trending content patterns to help creators plan upcoming videos. **AI-generated thumbnails and titles** can now be matched to a channel's existing style. A dynamic thumbnail feature tests three variants across different audience segments, and later this year Studio will monitor thumbnail performance automatically and swap out underperforming ones. **A/B testing for video cuts** is coming in 2027, letting creators compare up to three different openings to find the strongest hook. Updated analytics will also explain *why* a video performed the way it did, not just report the numbers. **Conversational video editing** is rolling out for YouTube Shorts and the YouTube Create app in early 2027. Creators can type natural-language instructions to an AI chat interface - selecting best takes, adding music and transitions, inserting text overlays, removing pauses - then drop into the manual timeline for fine-tuning. **Live auto-dubbing**, which translates live streams in real time, is piloting in early 2027. YouTube is also adding co-streaming features called Live Showdowns and live creator matchmaking. **AI product auto-tagging** for affiliate shopping is being added, with the Amazon affiliate program expanding beyond the US. ## Viewer personalization **Ask YouTube** is expanding into a shopping companion. Users searching for products can get organized recommendations, comparison tables of product attributes, and follow-up Q&A directly from a video's watch page. The feature runs on a custom Gemini model that maps questions to specific video timestamps. YouTube says over 140 million users engaged with Ask YouTube in June, up more than 500% since December. ## Shorts and episodic content **Shorts Series** lets creators organize Shorts into TV-style seasons and episodes with custom thumbnails and sequential playback, viewable on a creator's channel page. It's rolling out to YouTube Partner Program creators across web, mobile, and connected TVs. The feature is a direct response to microdrama apps like ReelShort and DramaBox - YouTube says microdramas on the platform passed 6.5 billion views in the first half of 2026. ## Community and comments YouTube is adding **GIF replies** and **voice-based comments on TV**. Creators get an experimental opt-in AI comment moderation tool. **Members-only communities** can now be layered onto existing Channel Memberships as a paid tier. The **Hype feature** is expanding: fans can now buy virtual Jewels to boost smaller creators beyond the free weekly hype limit. YouTube says viewers have hyped over 75 million unique videos more than 1 billion times total. Group chat support is also coming to YouTube's direct messaging feature. ## YouTube Music **Ask Music** is a conversational search tool that lets users describe what they want to hear across a catalog of over 300 million songs. It supports building custom queues, exploring artist backstories, and answering questions about songs. **Your Podcast Lineup** is a personalized weekly AI-generated audio guide that previews recommended podcast shows and episodes. Both features are rolling out soon to YouTube Music and YouTube Premium subscribers worldwide. ## Context The announcements come as Netflix has been actively poaching YouTube creators. YouTube is responding by funding shows directly and expanding brand-deal support. The broader push across all these features - AI editing, episodic Shorts, shopping search, custom feeds - reads as YouTube trying to hold its position as the default destination for both creators and viewers as competition from streaming platforms and short-form apps intensifies. ## Questions this post answers ### What is YouTube's new Custom Feeds feature and how does it work? _Anyone tracking how platforms personalize feeds with AI can follow these rollouts on daily.dev._ ### How is Ask YouTube expanding into shopping search? Ask YouTube's conversational AI search now provides structured product recommendations, comparison tables of product attributes, and follow-up Q&A directly from a video's watch page. It uses a custom Gemini model that maps viewer questions to specific video timestamps so answers stay grounded in actual video content rather than generic web results. Over 140 million users engaged with Ask YouTube in a recent June, up more than 500% since the prior December. _Developers evaluating AI-grounded search and shopping features can keep up with cases like this on daily.dev._ ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@petermrozek** · 0 upvotes > No, thanks. The only useful thing on YouTube in terms of browsing content is the "Subscriptions" page. 😉 ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [‘Ask YouTube’ brings AI-powered conversational search to video, adds Gemini Omni to Shorts](https://daily.dev/posts/ask-youtube-brings-ai-powered-conversational-search-to-video-adds-gemini-omni-to-shorts-7kpaamdcq) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [YouTube will soon let creators make Shorts with their own AI likeness](https://daily.dev/posts/youtube-will-soon-let-creators-make-shorts-with-their-own-ai-likeness-fuilz4aun) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [YouTube is testing an AI-powered search feature that shows guided answers](https://daily.dev/posts/youtube-is-testing-an-ai-powered-search-feature-that-shows-guided-answers-dndib2b8l) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#genai](https://daily.dev/tags/genai), [#google-gemini](https://daily.dev/tags/google-gemini), [#recommendation-systems](https://daily.dev/tags/recommendation-systems) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/youtube-s-made-on-youtube-2026-ai-feeds-shopping-search-and-creator-tools-j80pdqqi2) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"YouTube's Made on YouTube 2026: AI feeds, shopping search, and creator tools","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/youtube-s-made-on-youtube-2026-ai-feeds-shopping-search-and-creator-tools-j80pdqqi2","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/youtube-s-made-on-youtube-2026-ai-feeds-shopping-search-and-creator-tools-j80pdqqi2"},"datePublished":"2026-09-23T15:01:36.784Z","dateModified":"2026-09-24T10:23:38.535Z","description":"YouTube's Made on YouTube 2026 event introduced a broad set of AI-powered features. 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