YouTube FAQ: Multi-Aspect Streams, Fan Communities on Desktop & Veo 3 AI

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What’s up everyone? After our follow-up video on the recent YouTube announcements, we’ve received some excellent, very specific questions in the comment section—and I love the energy! Keep those questions coming. In this video, we’ll address your most pressing queries during a quick FAQ session.

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Can you use the new collaborations feature on live streams?

The answer is both yes and no. You can collaborate after a live stream has ended, adding your input to the archive. However, multiple creators cannot collaborate on an active live stream—at least not yet. My guess is this is due to technical limitations. Adding a collaborator to a VOD (video-on-demand) is a simple metadata change, whereas doing so during a live stream would require more complex infrastructure. While YouTube might be working on it, don’t expect this feature anytime soon.

If you create a short using the V3 text-to-video feature or any other AI tools, do you need to disclose it as AI-generated content?

Short answer: Yes. Any content created with V3 will automatically receive YouTube’s standard AI disclosure label, in line with their existing policy. No surprises here.

Will YouTube give viewers the option to disable or hide AI-generated content from their feeds?

I’ve checked with my sources, and the answer is no. YouTube is heavily investing in these tools and wants to encourage both creation and viewership of AI-generated content. They won’t provide a button for users to turn it off. So, expect to see more AI content, not less.

Next up are questions about the new multi-aspect streaming feature:

• Will it send two live stream notifications to subscribers? No, only one notification is sent—for the horizontal live stream. This stream will appear in the usual places like the subtitle, recommendations, and home feed. The vertical version will only be visible in the Shorts feed. YouTube has implemented a smart solution that avoids spamming your subscribers.

• Can viewers watching the vertical stream switch to the horizontal one (or vice versa)? Unfortunately, no. There’s currently no swapping functionality. The version a viewer sees depends on where they discovered the stream. If they found it in the Shorts feed, they’ll see the vertical version; if they encountered it on your channel page or through recommendations, they’ll watch the horizontal stream. However, nothing stops you from pinning links to either version in the chat.

Now, a complaint that’s been echoing:

• Why are Fan Communities so clunky and basically unusable on desktop?

You’re right; the desktop experience has been terrible so far. But there’s good news! YouTube has started a 1% rollout of a major update bringing full functionality to Fan Communities on desktop. For the first time, viewers can view and post from their computers. Creators can now post, reply, and moderate directly from the community page on their desktop channel, with standard moderation tools available (pinning and hearting posts are missing for now).

This is a gradual rollout, but it demonstrates YouTube’s commitment to improving the desktop experience for communities. The plan is to complete the rollout by October 9th, though I remain slightly skeptical about that timeline. Check your channel for access by then!

Finally, a great technical question:

• Is the new Studio feature just a fork of the public Gemini model?

The answer is nuanced. All of Google’s AI chat tools are built using some version of the Gemini family of models. However, my contact emphasized that Studio is distinct from the public Gemini model. Think of them as sharing the same core engine but being tuned for different purposes: Public Gemini is a generalist, while Studio is a specialist highly trained on YouTube analytics and creator data.

That’s all for this FAQ session! Thanks for the great questions, everyone. Keep them coming in the comments below—we’re always digging for answers.

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