Unpacking the magic of our new creative tools
Sep 16, 2025 [[read-time]] minute read
Today at Made on YouTube, we unveiled a suite of features designed to make creativity on YouTube more playful and effortless than ever before. We’re taking a deeper look at what you can expect when you try them out yourself.
Dream it, prompt it, create it (now with sound!)
We’ve partnered with Google DeepMind to bring a custom version of their most powerful video generation model, Veo 3, to YouTube. Veo 3 Fast is designed to work seamlessly in YouTube Shorts for millions of creators and users, for free. It generates outputs with lower latency at 480p so you can easily create video clips – and for the first time, with sound – from any idea, all from your phone.
Tap the create button, then the sparkle icon in the top right corner to find our latest gen AI creation tools including Veo 3.
It’s rolling out now in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, with plans to expand to more of you soon.
More ways to create, less effort
We're also introducing new Veo capabilities on Shorts that put your imagination in the spotlight. Soon, you’ll be able to:
- Add motion: Bring photos to life by applying a motion from another video, like a fun dance or a wild sports move. Under the hood, this uses technology to capture and transfer movement from one subject to another.
- Stylize your video: Transform your videos with new styles like pop art or origami, applying a totally different look to your footage with just a tap.
- Add objects: Set the scene by adding an object like a character, prop, or effect with a simple text description, opening up even more creative possibilities for what you can make next. For instance, add a rubber ducky to your morning coffee, or a giant octopus coming to capsize a ship in the harbor.
We’ll start to experiment with all of these new capabilities in the coming months on Shorts.
First draft with a tap
Starting a video from a blank timeline can be daunting. That’s why we’re introducing Edit with AI, a new feature that takes the initial heavy lifting off your shoulders. It transforms your raw camera roll footage into a compelling first draft, intelligently finding and arranging your best moments, adding music, transitions, and even a playful voiceover that can react to what’s happening in the video, in either English or Hindi. This gives you a solid starting point so you can jump straight to the fun part: personalizing your video and bringing your unique vision to life.
We’re experimenting now with Edit with AI on Shorts and in the YouTube Create app, and will expand the feature in the coming weeks in select markets.
Turning everyday videos into catchy soundtracks
As the world's largest creative playground, YouTube is where trends are born and where you can draw inspiration from. Imagine hearing a line of dialogue that sparks an idea—a funny phrase, a memorable quote, or a one-of-a-kind sound—and you want to remix it into a new sound. With our new Speech to Song remixing tool, you'll be able to do just that, quickly turning the dialogue from eligible videos into catchy soundtracks for your next Short.
Check it out for yourself. Listen to the original video, and how Speech to song helped transform it using Lyria 2, Google DeepMind's most advanced AI music model.
Now your GRWM videos take on a whole new level of fun!
Behind the scenes, this uses the dialogue from the original video with Lyria 2 to help create the song. And you're able to add your own vibe for the song, like, chill, danceable, or fun. The final result attributes the original creator.
As always and across these features, we use SynthID watermarks and content labels to indicate that these creations were generated with AI.
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We hope these features foster a new era of playful experimentation on YouTube!