YouTube to Add Gemini-Powered Custom Feeds in the U.S. This Fall
The May version expired after 30 days and showed static results, so letting feeds persist as tabs with fresh recommendations turns a temporary prompt tool into a standing home screen layout.
Reporting from 1 source: GameBusiness.jp.
YouTube will introduce a new home screen powered by Gemini technology in the U.S. starting this fall. Announced at the Made on YouTube event on Wednesday, Custom Feeds is an evolution of the feature of the same name announced in May. Users can now create multiple feeds and arrange them as tabs at the top of the home screen. Feeds refresh with new videos each time they are opened, and the feature expands from web and mobile to the TV app.
The new version keeps the same creation method: a Custom Feeds button next to the search bar, a natural-language prompt, or a suggested prompt. What changes is what survives. Multiple feeds can be saved at once and arranged as tabs along the top of the home screen.
The videos inside a saved feed also change. Each time a user opens one, it recommends the latest videos rather than repeating the original set. YouTube offers the example prompts of half-hour podcasts for a commute and long documentaries for a night at home. The feature is planned for web, mobile, and the TV app.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
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- GameBusiness.jp YouTube「カスタムフィード」を複数作成してタブ化、ホーム画面に保存する新機能を米国で導入へ