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YouTube Shorts New Features: Video streaming platform YouTube is popular across the globe for its wide video library and Shorts across a wide genre of content. To improve the user experience of creators in the app, the company has announced a range of new features for Shorts via a recent blog post. The update comes amid the stress on AI and the effort to engage users with YouTube Shorts and content creation.

The enhancements include Auto layout, Text-to-speech and more. Here are more details about the feature.

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Auto Layout: The company said the tool helps turn videos into Shorts and adjust the aspect ratio while keeping the main subject in the Short. While remixing long-form content, the Auto Layout tool can "automatically and dynamically pan, zoom, and crop to make sure your Shorts look great", YouTube said.

Text to Speech: With Text to Speech, a creator can add text in front of their Shorts or speak it loud. Once you record a short, users can add text by tapping/clicking on the "Add voice" icon in the top left where you can choose from four voice options.

'Add Yours' Sticker: The platform also introduced an 'Add Yours' sticker to Shorts to spark a "chain reaction of adorable content". It will roll out gradually for creators in the upcoming weeks.

Two New Effects: The company has introduced two new effects in Shorts to mark Minecraft's 15th anniversary. "Minecraft Spring transports you right into the world of Minecraft, and Minecraft Rush is a new mini game you can play right in the Shorts player," YouTube said.

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Stylised Captions: In the future, YouTube noted creators can auto-generate captions in content to help users who watch Shorts in mute mode. Users can also edit, customise and style captions across a range of fonts and colours.

Remixing Tools: The company also said it will introduce a range of remixing tools.