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YouTube Lets Users Build AI-Powered Custom Feeds
YouTube’s Made On YouTube 2026 page announces Custom Feeds for U.S. users on web, mobile and TVs this fall, along with a Gemini Omni editing assistant for creators. No attributable quotation appears on the source page; the announcement copy
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YouTube is preparing Custom Feeds, a feature that will let users curate their homepages around specific moods or interests. The company describes the feature as part of Made On YouTube 2026, its annual event for product launches and platform improvements aimed at creators and viewers.
Custom Feeds will be available to users in the United States on the web, mobile devices and televisions this fall, according to YouTube’s event FAQ. The feature is intended to give viewers another way to shape what they see on the service by organizing recommendations around a particular interest or mood.
The announcement places Custom Feeds alongside a set of artificial-intelligence tools for both viewers and creators. On the viewing side, YouTube says the feature will allow users to curate their homepage. The page does not provide further details about how many feeds a person can create, how they will appear in the interface or how YouTube will rank videos within them.
Gemini Omni Editing Assistant
YouTube is also integrating Gemini Omni into a conversational editing assistant for Shorts and the YouTube Create app. The assistant will respond to text prompts that ask for changes to a video.
According to YouTube, creators can use the tool to trim speech, synchronize music, add text hooks and reorder frames. The company presents the assistant as part of its creator-focused product updates, alongside other tools designed to support the production and publishing of videos.
The combination of Custom Feeds and conversational editing places AI in two parts of YouTube’s service: helping viewers organize what they want to watch and helping creators revise what they want to publish. YouTube’s announcement does not say that Custom Feeds will change creator payments, expose recommendation data to creators or alter how videos are ranked for other viewers.
More Made On YouTube Announcements
The 2026 event page also lists updates for live video, Shorts and YouTube Music. YouTube is introducing Live showdowns for co-hosted streams, expanding the Watch With feature so creators can react live to eligible long-form videos, and adding live auto-dubbing.
For Shorts, creators can structure videos into dedicated seasons and episodes. YouTube says the format is intended to make episodic storytelling and microdramas easier to watch on mobile devices and televisions.
YouTube Music is adding Ask Music, described as a conversational AI tool for customizing queues. The company is also introducing Podcast Lineup, an AI audio guide that delivers weekly spoken previews of recommended shows.
Custom Feeds are the main viewer-facing feature highlighted in the event’s FAQ. The company says the feature will arrive for U.S. users across web, mobile and TV this fall, while Gemini Omni will provide a text-driven editing assistant for Shorts and the YouTube Create app.