It’s been a very busy time on YouTube lately. After raising the price of the premium subscription, Google wants to cheer us up a bit: automatic video dubbing is coming to one of the most popular streaming platforms.

If you usually use subtitles to understand a language, that’s it. YouTube is making it official and soon we will be able to choose the audio track in our own language. A revolutionary change that will also affect content creators: We explain what this change means for your channel.

YouTube goes beyond limits with its new feature

According to what we read on YouTube’s official blog, automatic dubbing function this is already a fact. Thanks to this feature, which is useful for both users and creators, it is possible to understand any of the supported languages.

Want to watch a video in Japanese about the culture or food of the Japanese country? A few taps on the screen without any problems will activate dubbing in one of the appropriate languages, which we will see below.

Available now, as confirmed by the YouTube team hundreds of thousands of YouTube Partner Program channels (partner program) focused on information communication. Gradually, it will be rolled out to the rest of the creators in the coming months.

Google explains to us how it works, everything is said, it does not require much effort: when uploading a new video, YouTube will detect the original language and create dubbed versions in other languages. If you’re a creator, YouTube Studio lets you customize this feature: In the “Languages” tab, you can delete posts or voiceovers you don’t like.

Already available on your channel? Access the Studio control center and enter advanced settings. YouTube invites us to provide feedback to improve automatic dubbing using artificial intelligence.

So, in which languages ​​is automatic dubbing applied? Depends on the original language:

• In case of EnglishIt will be translated and dubbed into French, German, Hindi, Italian, Indonesian, Japanese, Portuguese and Spanish.
• If your video is in Spanish: Only English dubbing will be done. The same goes for other languages ​​mentioned in the previous point.

As viewers, we will be aware that we are listening to the dubbed version of the video due to the “Auto Dubbing” tag. If you want switch to original versionIt will be possible from the audio track selector. The arrival of this function is great news for the platform, which overcomes language barriers and brings us closer to all kinds of content, regardless of language.

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