YouTube to Start 3 Minute Duration for Shorts, Will Provide More Features, Google

Video streaming service YouTube has increased the video duration for Shorts to three minutes. Along with this, some other features have also been added. These include templates that will allow YouTube videos to be mixed directly with Shorts. It is a video generation model using Artificial Intelligence (AI). Along with this, new ways of searching content will also be available on YouTube.

YouTube said in a blog post that it will increase the duration of Shorts to three minutes from October 15. This change will apply to videos made in square or taller aspect ratio. This will not affect the existing Shorts. The company said that it had received many requests from video creators for this feature. Additionally, with the template feature, creators will be able to keep up with new trends by creating familiar content. They will be able to match their clips with trending sounds and then customize them. Shorts can be recreated by selecting the Remix option and template.

Along with this, the company has said that it is launching Google DeepMind’s Veo video generation AI model in the coming months. This will allow for more video backgrounds and different video clips. last month youtube had increased the price of its premium subscription in many countries. This subscription does not contain advertisements. YouTube has increased its prices in Italy, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia and many other countries. In some countries of Europe, the price of its ‘single’ plan has been increased by about two euros. Apart from this, ‘Family’ plan has also become expensive.

Google-owned YouTube has recently increased the prices of this subscription in India also. Many users on Reddit had reported that they had been informed in the email sent by YouTube that the premium subscription would be expensive. In Ireland, Belgium, Italy and the Netherlands, the price of the single plan has been increased from 11.99 euros to 13.99 euros. With this, the price of the family plan has increased by almost 40 percent from 17.99 euros to 25.99 euros. This subscription has also become expensive in Denmark, Indonesia, Malaysia, Norway, Sweden, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates.