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YouTube Gets Big Thumbnails, AI Video Resolution Upgrades

Tim October 29, 2025 3

YouTube is introducing new features for both creators and viewers on the big screen. For the creators among us, YouTube is expanding the thumbnail file size limit from 2MB to 50MB, which is a massive difference. In turn, this will let thumbnails look as good...

YouTube Will Let You Set a Limit on How Many Shorts You Can Watch

Kellen October 22, 2025 5

YouTube is clearly aware of how addicting it can be to scroll through a never-ending list of short-form videos on its platform. To prevent your life from being taken over by Shorts, they are pushing out a new option to set a daily limit on how long you can...

YouTube Music Could Soon Let You Translate Song Lyrics

Tim October 6, 2025 4

A long-time requested feature for YouTube Music is the ability to translate song lyrics from within the app. Why this feature isn't already available, we have no idea, but signs are pointing to it finally becoming a reality. Shown to be in very early testing...

YouTube Starts Enforcing Premium Family Plan Rules

Tim September 2, 2025 23

For streaming accounts on various platforms, having a "family" can be a complicated mess. Yes, you can ultimately save money by having a family plan if you have multiple people using the same service, but then these companies set their own rules on what a...

Sign Up for the Latest YouTube Beta on Android TV

Tim August 27, 2025 4

There's a fresh YouTube app beta available for Android TV users. Google is actively looking for people to join the beta and provide feedback. The team doesn't list exactly what users can expect from the beta, though they do say that they're, "specifically...

Turn Your Photos Into YouTube Shorts Using AI

Tim July 23, 2025 3

Google announced today that Photos users can turn their photos into videos using AI. To spread the love, they have also announced the same thing for YouTube Shorts creators. You'll simply upload a photo to YouTube, then Veo 2 can have some fun and generate a...

YouTube Premium Users Get New AI-Powered Feature, Free Users Get Existing One

Tim June 26, 2025 2

If you're a YouTube Premium user, be on the lookout for a new AI-powered feature starting this week, plus non-Premium users are getting access to the platform's existing conversational AI. For the Premium folk, there is a new AI carousel for your search...

YouTube Shorts Get Google Lens for Quick ID of Locations, Products

Tim May 30, 2025 2

Google Lens is coming to YouTube Shorts in beta. Funny enough, YouTube frames it as a way to learn more about locations and cultures where videos were shot, but we're all quite certain that isn't the ultimate drive here, right? Google Lens is a great way for...