2026-02-11
YouTube Premium and @YouTubeMusic Premium users can now instantly turn an idea, mood or genre into a personalized playlist using our new AI playlist feature 🎧 Here's how to use it: 1. On Android & iOS, tap the “New” button in the Library tab of YouTube Music 2. Select “AI [image]
TechCrunch
YouTube rolls out an AI-powered playlist-generation tool that lets Premium and Music Premium subscribers on iOS and Android use text prompts to create playlists
2026-01-22
In his annual letter, CEO @nealmohan outlined @YouTube's four priorities for 2026 ⬇️ Reinventing entertainment: Creators are the new stars and studios and the living room is their stage. According to @nielsen, YouTube has been #1 in streaming watchtime in the U.S. for nearly
The Hollywood Reporter
YouTube CEO Neal Mohan publishes his annual letter, saying YouTube aims to reduce “AI slop” and has strengthened parental controls, and teases Shorts updates
The executive published his annual letter to the YouTube community Wednesday, outlining his priorities for the video platform.
2026-01-21
In his annual letter, CEO @nealmohan outlined @YouTube's four priorities for 2026 ⬇️ Reinventing entertainment: Creators are the new stars and studios and the living room is their stage. According to @nielsen, YouTube has been #1 in streaming watchtime in the U.S. for nearly
The Hollywood Reporter
YouTube CEO Neal Mohan publishes his annual letter, saying YouTube aims to reduce “AI slop” and has strengthened parental controls, and teases Shorts updates
The executive published his annual letter to the YouTube community Wednesday, outlining his priorities for the video platform.
2025-12-20
It was a breakthrough year for podcasts on @YouTube 🎙️ - We reached 1 billion monthly active podcast viewers - Viewers watched over 700 million hours of podcasts on living room devices in October 2025 (up from 400 million hours from just a year prior) - We launched the Podcast Chart in the U.S., and to support the shift to TVs, we rolled out the creator shows interface to help viewers find their next binge-worthy podcast
Bloomberg
YouTube's head of products for podcasts Steve McLendon says viewers streamed 700M+ hours of podcasts on TV in October, up from 400M hours in October 2024
That's up from 400 million hours a year ago as podcasts become the new late-night TV. — People are spending more time tuning …
2025-09-27
We're launching YouTube Labs to bring cutting-edge AI experiments to life (and the first one is now live in @youtubemusic). A limited number of US-based participants can test early prototypes and experiments. Learn more ↓ https://blog.youtube/...
The Verge
YouTube is testing AI hosts, who will share stories and trivia about the music users are listening to, in the YouTube Music app through its new Labs program
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2025-05-30
We're excited to begin rolling out a new beta that brings the magic of #GoogleLens to #YouTubeShorts. 🧵⬇️
TechCrunch
YouTube plans to roll out Google Lens integration to Shorts in the coming weeks, allowing users to search for elements within Shorts
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch :