The YouTube conversational AI tool is here. This is sure to make both TV viewing and YouTube much more fun and better. You can now talk to your TV via the YouTube conversational AI tool. Earlier this feature was limited to only mobiles and handheld devices. But now this shall be available on TVs as well, often touted as the largest screen in our houses. YouTube in an official statement says, “your smart TV is getting smarter, because our conversational AI tool is now available on your home’s biggest screen.”
YouTube conversational AI tool makes the smart TV smarter
With the new feature, while watching a video, you can select the “Ask” button to open the tool. Using your remote’s microphone button, and you will be able to make conversational queries, such as “What are other popular videos from this creator?” Several default prompts will help you get started if you don’t know what to ask.
The YouTube conversational AI tool was launched last year on mobile and web to help viewers engage more deeply with the content they were watching. The Company has seen users break down specific moments while watching podcasts, learn about a city’s landmarks in travel vlogs, and more and all without having to hit pause on their video. By bringing this feature to the TV, YouTube is making the living room experience more interactive than ever.
Other YouTube Features That One Must Know
YouTube will let you exclude Shorts from search results and will let you choose from longer videos. This is the latest update that has been done to the largest and the most popular video platform on the internet. This feature will help you search with ease and filter your feed properly, providing proper and appropriate search results.
The goal of YouTube is to equip you with more effective advanced search tools, ensuring you can consistently and efficiently locate the content you love.
What is changing:
New Filters and Renaming: YouTube has made some key additions and renames to ensure the sorting options align better with the viewers expectations.
Dedicated Content Types: A new Shorts filter to the ‘Type’ menu. This gives viewers more control over whether they see Shorts or VODs (long-form videos) in their search results, so you can find exactly what you’re looking for, regardless of format.
‘Prioritize’ Menu: The ‘Sort By’ menu has been renamed to ‘Prioritize’. This refined sorting menu aims to maximize utility.
‘Popularity’ Filter: The ‘View count’ sort option has been renamed to ‘Popularity’. This filter allows you to easily locate popular videos related to your search queries. Our systems assess a video’s view count and other relevance signals, such as watch time, to determine its popularity for that specific query.
Simplified Filter Options: YouTube is simplifying and reorganizing the filter menu to make it more intuitive and improve the overall search experience. This includes removing some options that were not working as expected and had contributed to user complaints.
The two filters YouTube is removing are ‘Upload Date – Last Hour’ and ‘Sort by Rating.’ However, you can still find the most recent search results in one of our ‘Upload Date’ filters, and explore popular, highly-viewed videos using the new ‘Popularity’ filter option.
Recently, the Mountain View tech giant YouTube has now taken up the matter of dislike in a easy yet interesting way. YouTube shorts is now testing a new dislike button with a new layout and clearer phrasing.
YouTube is doing this to help reduce accidental taps on dislike and encourage proper thought about feedback. It is worth mentioning here that, the YouTube Shorts dislike button still remains private.
