YouTube has quietly updated the Shorts sidebar with a minimalist design, changing filled icons to hollow ones. This minor UI ...

YouTube announced Wednesday it is improving the shopping experience on Shorts by launching new Shopping product stickers.

Here are some of the best YouTube hacks to block Shorts, fix the layout, and customize your viewing experience on desktop and mobile.

G oogle is bringing Google Lens features to YouTube Shorts, which operates a lot like the circle to search feature. When you are viewing a YouTube Short, you can pause the video, then circle the ...

This includes picture-in-picture viewing for Shorts, offline downloads for Shorts and a new Jump Ahead feature. It also appears as if YouTube is running a test in other regions that could improve ...

As of March 31, 2025, YouTube will add a view to your YouTube Shorts view count at the moment your shortform video begins to play. There is no view time requirement anymore for a YouTube Shorts video.

Beginning March 31, a "view" will be added any time a YouTube Short is played or replayed. This will likely mean that creators will see higher view counts after the change takes place.

When India banned TikTok in 2020, YouTube responded by launching a short-form video feature with a similar user experience in the country. Less than a year later, that feature rolled out globally ...

“From 3/31/2025 onward, you’ll start to see the new Shorts views metric applied wherever Shorts views are shown on YouTube. Views may be higher moving forward.

There’s been a lot of noise this week about YouTube Shorts “view count inflation.” But let’s be clear: this change is more about optics than impact. YouTube’s new policy, effective March ...