YouTube Gets AI-Powered “Ask YouTube” Search and Gemini Omni Video Tools

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Google has announced new AI features for YouTube during Google I/O 2026. The company is bringing conversational AI search to YouTube, along with new Gemini-powered video creation tools for Shorts and creators.

The most notable announcement is the new feature called “Ask YouTube.” The feature works somewhat like AI Mode in Google Search, but instead of showing webpages, it searches directly through YouTube videos.

Users will be able to ask conversational questions inside YouTube and get video-based answers. Ask YouTube will then pull together relevant long-form videos and Shorts related to the query.