Several new updates shipped across @YouTube this month, from creative tools to new ways to watch: ⁉️ Ask YouTube conversational search on desktop for U.S. users. 🎬 Show, season and episode organization for @YouTubeCreators to make binging easier. 🖼️ Custom thumbnail tools, including custom uploads for Shorts and thumbnail generation inside Ask Studio. 🏈 @espn account linking with @YouTubeTV credentials, the first step in giving subscribers access to ESPN Unlimited content on the ESPN app, with even more to come this fall. 💎 Gifts and Jewels in 45 new countries, including Japan, India and the UK. 🎵 Playlist curation inside @Google Search's AI Mode, instantly saved to @youtubemusic. 🛝 AI creations inside the Recent Generations tab in the AI Playground. ♥️ Communities on desktop, featuring viewer quote posts, creator hearts and Community-only posts. 📺 Shorts tab on TV screens, making it easy to jump straight into short-form content from the living room. 🛍️ Shopping Affiliate Program in the UK, letting creators tag products in their videos. 🛡️ Supervised kid accounts in MENA and Türkiye, including a custom Shorts feed timer.