YouTube announced more than 30 new AI-powered features at its annual Made On YouTube 2026 event, covering discovery, fan engagement, creation, and monetization, including customizable feeds, an AI shopping assistant, short-form series, Gemini-driven conversational editing, Ask Studio, real-time live dubbing, live PK, and expansion of the shopping affiliate program to 35 countries.
At the Made On YouTube event, YouTube announced new AI features for YouTube Music: Ask Music, a conversational music and podcast tool covering more than 300 million songs and supporting natural-language playlist generation, and Your Podcast Lineup, a personalized AI audio guide that recommends podcast shows weekly.
At the Made on YouTube event on September 23, 2026, YouTube announced upgrades to its AI creation tools launched in 2025 and introduced an agent that analyzes a channel's video history, recommends updating old video thumbnails or titles to capitalize on renewed interest, and offers features including audience data organization, thumbnail and title generation, dynamic thumbnails, and multi-version video testing.