🛠️YouTube Custom Feeds Let Users Prompt Gemini for Videos
TL;DR
YouTube's new custom feeds let you describe the videos you want in plain language, and Gemini builds a pinned feed around it. Multiple feeds roll out on web and mobile next month, alongside the main recommendation feed.
YouTube's new custom feeds let you describe the videos you want in plain language, and Gemini builds a pinned feed around it. Multiple feeds roll out on web and mobile next month, alongside the main recommendation feed.
Key Points
Announced at Made on YouTube on Sept 23 by Emily Moxley, VP of Product for Viewer AI
Prompts can set what to include, exclude and prioritize, like a 30-minute commute podcast feed
Each custom feed gets its own tab at the top of the home page; the default feed stays
YouTube's corpus now tops 20 billion videos
Follows similar AI feed builders from Bluesky, Threads, X and Spotify
Why It Matters
Natural-language feed control is becoming table stakes. It also hands users a lever over recommendation systems that regulators have been demanding for years.
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