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New updates and more access to Google Earth AI
Oct 23, 2025 AI Tools

New updates and more access to Google Earth AI

Google Earth AI helps enterprises, nonprofits, and cities with everything from environmental monitoring to disaster response

How to use: Consider how this AI tool can speed up your research or scripting workflows.

Google AI Blog
YouTube creators go ghost hunting: Confronting the unknown
Oct 22, 2025 Monetization

YouTube creators go ghost hunting: Confronting the unknown

Discover the secrets of ghost hunting! Watch YouTube creators benoftheweek & kelsiidaviess face the unknown with paranormal pros.

How to use: Check if monetization requirements changed and keep your application info current.

YouTube Official Blog
The CMA’s designation of Google’s mobile ecosystem
Oct 22, 2025 AI Tools

The CMA’s designation of Google’s mobile ecosystem

Illustration showing a laptop with the British flag and the London skyline in the background.

How to use: Consider how this AI tool can speed up your research or scripting workflows.

Google AI Blog
HOW TO: Customize Your Channel on Mobile 📱
Oct 21, 2025 Policy

HOW TO: Customize Your Channel on Mobile 📱

You can manage your channel branding (profile picture, banner, and name) right from the YouTube app, and use the YouTube Studio app to control your channel’s Home tab layout and add external links! To customize your channel on desktop, check out this video: https://youtu.be/-dHIjmQyjFQ

How to use: Review your channel policy based on the official update.

Creator Insider
Get ready to be spellbound: YouTube's Halloween makeup magicians
Oct 21, 2025 Monetization

Get ready to be spellbound: YouTube's Halloween makeup magicians

Meet YouTube's top Halloween makeup artists. Discover the SFX trends, viral audio, and transformative art driving 1B+ views.

How to use: Check if monetization requirements changed and keep your application info current.

YouTube Official Blog
Start learning all things AI on the new Google Skills
Oct 21, 2025 AI Tools

Start learning all things AI on the new Google Skills

Say hello to Google Skills

How to use: Consider how this AI tool can speed up your research or scripting workflows.

Google AI Blog
Latest update
Oct 18, 2025 AI Tools

Leveling up your developer experience in Google AI Studio

One Playground in Google AI Studio

How to use: Consider how this AI tool can speed up your research or scripting workflows.

Google AI Blog
Latest update
Oct 17, 2025 Policy

HOW TO: Gain New Listeners 🎧📈

Learn more about Analytics for Artists at artists.youtube

How to use: Review your channel policy based on the official update.

Creator Insider
Latest update
Oct 16, 2025 Monetization

YouTube report analyzes the power of the YouTube Shopping ecosystem

Explore the powerful link between the creator economy and shopping. Our new report analyzes thousands of products and videos to reveal the key trends in YouTube's shoppa…

How to use: Check if monetization requirements changed and keep your application info current.

YouTube Official Blog
Latest update
Oct 16, 2025 AI Tools

10 years of genomics research at Google

Blue graphic DNA double helix with text: "A decade of genomics research at Google."

How to use: Consider how this AI tool can speed up your research or scripting workflows.

Google AI Blog
Latest update
Oct 15, 2025 Monetization

The business of being Giggly Squad

The business of being Giggly Squad

How to use: Check if monetization requirements changed and keep your application info current.

YouTube Official Blog
Latest update
Oct 15, 2025 Monetization

Trixie Mattel goes behind the scenes of The Hollywood Reporter's creator issue

Go behind the scenes of Trixie Mattel's cover shoot for The Hollywood Reporter's creator issue. See the glamour, chaos, and a cameo by Brittany Broski.

How to use: Check if monetization requirements changed and keep your application info current.

YouTube Official Blog
Latest update
Oct 13, 2025 Policy

HOW TO: Add Voice Replies on Comments 🎙️💬

You can now respond to comments on your videos with a voice reply! Heres how.

How to use: Review your channel policy based on the official update.

Creator Insider
Latest update
Oct 10, 2025 Policy

YouTube for Artists Masterclass: Visual Storytelling on YouTube with Lyor Cohen

In this YouTube for Artists Masterclass, YouTube and Google's Global Head of Music, Lyor Cohen, will dive into how to harness visual storytelling on YouTube, from foundational concepts and Official Music Videos to world building, and storytelling tools. Finally, we'll wrap with a Q&A. ► YouTube for Artists Website: https://bit.ly/3VZc5be ► Sign up for our global quarterly YouTube for Artists Masterclass: https://bit.ly/470pRzv ► Sign up for our global YouTube for Artists Newsletter: https://bit.ly/48j9Neq Subscribe and hit the bell to see new videos: https://goo.gl/So4XIG ► Check out our Help Center: https://goo.gl/fBzr7 ► Check out the Creator Insider channel: https://www.youtube.com/@creatorinsider 00:00 Introduction 00:50 Visual Storytelling 2:41 World Building 6:08 Storytelling Tools 10:20 Q&A

How to use: Review your channel policy based on the official update.

Creator Insider
Latest update
Oct 08, 2025 Policy

✨NEW✨Shorts TIMELINE Editor🎬

We’ve updated the Shorts editor to make it even easier to preview, select, trim, and rearrange clips to fit your vision.

How to use: Review your channel policy based on the official update.

Creator Insider