Custom Instrumentals with AI, "Subscribe " Experiment, Improvements to PIN Verification, and more!

What's up, insiders? I'm Lauren, a program manager working on our product team here at YouTube and the producer of Creator Insider. If it's Tuesday, it's newsuesday.

So, let's get into it. First, we've seen some viewer confusion around the difference between the subscribe and join buttons that are available on some channels for memberships. To simplify how viewers discover and access channel memberships, we're testing a new subscribe plus button for a small set of viewers on mobile, desktop, and TV.

We'd love to know if this improves clarity for viewers. So, please leave us your feedback and questions below. Moving on.

In order to monetize on YouTube and be eligible for payment, YouTube creators need to complete PIN or address and identity verification. The PIN verification process includes sending a physical mailer with a six-digit code to the creator's address, which will be entered into AdSense. To make the verification process easier for creators, we're introducing an optional process that doesn't rely on mail in 24 markets.

We'll leave more information below. Next, for those who have access to creator music, we're gradually rolling out a feature that allows you to create custom instrumentals for your videos with the help of AI. You can access this feature in a new music assistant tab in creator music.

In the free text field, describe the type of music you'd like to create. Specify instruments, mood, type of video that you're making, etc. And if you like any of the instrumental tracks that were generated, download them to add them to your video.

These are free for you to use, so you don't need to worry about copyright claims. Moving on, we're experimenting with the ability for creators to automatically match content they've imported into Shorts with the audio they choose. The goal is to help creators reduce editing complexity when trying to sync their clips to the beat.

When you select multiple photos and video clips from your phone's gallery, you'll now have the option to automatically create a short video synced to music. Just choose the media, pick a song, and it will arrange your clips to match the beat. Creators will get a preview and can further edit if needed.

This will be available to a small number of creators during the experiment phase, but we'll keep you posted if we expand it. And that's it for this week. From the creators of YouTube to YouTube creators, we'll see you next week.