YouTube News: AutoDubbing on Old Videos, Collabs Clarification & more

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This week’s YouTube updates: We need to talk about autodubbing. First, channels are getting notifications that their old videos will receive autodubbed tracks. Quick recap: Autodubbing will translate the video’s voices into different languages but in a robotic voice. The more advanced version of this feature would be multilingual audio, which we’ll get to in a moment. Firstly, a big thank you to Renee, who also creates YouTube help content on his channel and kindly let me use one of his screenshots. Please check out his channel in the video description.

It’s a positive step that more content will be translated into various languages, especially English. This could be beneficial for older tutorials that don’t need re-recording but should probably be updated anyway due to their outdated nature.

The other feature is multilingual audio, allowing you to upload your own audio track to videos, avoiding the robotic voice. You could even record it yourself in another language if you’re proficient enough. Unfortunately, there’s been no recent news about multilingual audio since the multilingual thumbnails test in July. But rest assured, as a subscriber to this channel, you’ll be among the first to know about upcoming features and changes, including multilingual audio.

Moving on, YouTube has provided some answers regarding the collapse feature. Currently, when you upload a video and invite someone via the collapse feature, only the original uploader receives the revenue, views, and watch time. There’s no revenue sharing as of now, but it’s being discussed as part of the feature. So, revenue sharing might become a reality in the future, though they haven’t mentioned splitting views or watch time.

The collapse feature could open up interesting co-op opportunities. For instance, our channel primarily focuses on YouTube updates and less on tutorials; however, we could collaborate with others to feature their YouTube tutorials on our channel. Similarly, if we collaborate with someone else, their audience would see our YouTube updates. So, consider this feature and think about potential partners within your niche. You might know competitors you’ve worked with or want to work with—this could be an opportunity to strengthen those relationships.

Next, voice replies seem to be experiencing another wave of experimentation in the coming weeks. I have a specific date noted down, but as it may change, I’ll keep it vague for now. Following this experiment, there’s a planned launch date. Remember, voice replies must be done via the YouTube app, which is less than ideal, but necessary if you wish to utilize them.

Lastly, an experimental update for YouTube Live: Some moderators will have the option to set creator goals like jewels for vertical live streams and memberships (gifted memberships are not included at this stage). Pinning messages and setting up polls are also part of this experiment, which is scheduled to run until the end of September. I’ll keep you posted as we learn more.

If you have any questions about today’s topics or other YouTube-related matters, please leave them in the comments below. Join me next week for more YouTube updates!