# YouTube Launches Updates to BrandConnect, Neighborhood Posts and Extra

YouTube has introduced some updates to its BrandConnect creator monetization pathway, whereas it’s additionally acquired some new updates for Neighborhood Posts in its newest characteristic replace.

However first off, YouTube has offered an replace on its switch of all movies beneath 3 minutes in size to Shorts, with a view to give it extra Shorts content material.

Again in October, YouTube introduced that every one movies as much as three minutes in size would quickly be re-classified as Shorts, and listed as such inside YouTube’s system. After many questions from creators, YouTube then clarified that this is able to solely apply to new uploads, and wouldn’t be retrospectively utilized to older clips.

And now, after a gradual roll out in every area, YouTube says that it has accomplished this course of.

“We completed rolling out updates that make your Shorts [of between] 1 to three minutes in size seem as such throughout the “Subscriptions” tab Channel pages and YouTube Studio. These movies have moved into the quick shelf on the “Subscriptions” web page they’ve additionally moved into the “Shorts” tab on the channel web page and YouTube Studio.”

So now, each video uploaded to YouTube that’s lower than 3 minutes lengthy will likely be a Brief, and will likely be eligible to be displayed within the Shorts feed.

Which might enhance your potential of getting views, contemplating Shorts now drive greater than 70 billion each day views within the app. However it’s an adjustment, which can influence your stats.

YouTube additional notes that when you don’t need your shorter video uploads to be thought-about as Shorts, then you’ll be able to add your movies in wider side ratio (e.g. 16×9), which can make sure that they don’t get re-classified as a Brief.

On one other entrance, YouTube’s additionally making it simpler to add movies created outdoors of YouTube, by enabling creators to faucet into Shorts instruments for externally recorded content material.

“Now, when creators share a video to YouTube from one other app, on each Android and iOS, they’re going to have direct entry to Shorts creation instruments, which means that they will simply trim, add particulars, and improve their video earlier than publishing, similar to they will when creating movies instantly within the YouTube app.”

That’ll make it simpler to make the most of externally recorded content material inside the YouTube course of, and get much more Shorts flowing into YouTube’s system.

YouTube’s additionally rolling out an replace to its quiz choice for Neighborhood Posts, with creators now in a position so as to add pictures to their quiz questions.

YouTube added quizzes for Neighborhood Posts again in 2022, and this replace will make them extra partaking, which might assist to drive extra dialog amongst your Web page followers.

Additionally on Neighborhood Posts, YouTube’s including new textual content fashion choices inside the publish composer, in addition to “Dream Display” for posts, which can allow customers to generate new pictures primarily based on a immediate they add.

So that you’ll have one other technique to make the most of AI inside your YouTube course of, which might enable you to create extra partaking, fascinating posts to your neighborhood.

YouTube says that Dream Display for posts will initially be out there to creators with posts entry within the U.S., Canada, New Zealand, and Australia, earlier than an expanded roll out in future.

Lastly, YouTube can also be making it simpler for creators to faucet into its BrandConnect providing, which goals to attach manufacturers with creators for content material partnerships.

BrandConnect, which YouTube launched again in 2020 (renamed from “FameBit”), alerts creators to potential branded content material partnership alternatives, and permits them to pitch manufacturers with their concepts, with a view to facilitate monetization pathways for creators.

And now, BrandConnect will likely be out there from inside YouTube Studio itself.   

Creators who’re eligible for the BrandConnect program will now see a devoted tab in YouTube Studio beneath the “Earn” tab, the place they’ll have the ability to join allow and entry BrandConnect options.

That’ll make it simpler for extra creators to sign-up for monetization alternatives, which may also allow companies to faucet right into a broader vary of inventive expertise for his or her promotions.

Some fascinating updates in YouTube’s newest launch, which might relate to the way you make finest use of the app.