YouTube adds Ask YouTube for conversational video search
Google has launched Ask YouTube, a new conversational search tool designed to help users find videos using complex natural language questions and follow-up queries. This feature was introduced at Google I/O.
Key Takeaways
- Ask YouTube lets users search with complex natural language questions.
- The tool supports follow-up queries, turning search into a back-and-forth flow.
- Google introduced the feature at Google I/O 2026.
- The launch sits inside YouTube's broader news package from Google I/O.
Why It Matters
Ask YouTube changes YouTube search from keyword matching toward conversational discovery, which could make harder-to-express video needs easier to describe. For the streaming ecosystem, it signals Google is pushing more AI into content discovery inside a platform with massive video inventory. What to watch next is whether Google expands Ask YouTube beyond the Google I/O announcement into a broader rollout with more detail on availability and supported query types.
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