YouTube has introduced a new AI feature for YouTube Premium users that adds a new way to interact with videos However, it is only available to Android users in the US

There are many good reasons to sign up for a YouTube Premium membership It is to be able to watch videos without ads and to easily save your favorite vids for offline viewing However, a new feature reported by Android Authority allows viewers to ask questions about the videos they are watching using AI This new feature has been in the experimental stage, but its official release was announced on the TeamYouTube X account

This new conversational AI tool introduces an Ask button below the video player This button allows users to choose from several questions about the video or ask their own questions This AI is powered by Google Gemini and can inquire about specific parts of the video This is not all the AI can do

The AI in YouTube Premium can also fully summarize videos for users and recommend relevant content; it will be interesting to see if the AI's recommendations are more accurate than the basic recommendations found in the free version This announcement comes after YouTube revealed several new AI features, including Google DeepMind's Veo

There are many reasons to subscribe to YouTube Premium, but one major reason is to avoid the huge amount of ads; YouTube has added ads to the video pause screen In addition, YouTube's update appears to have made it impossible to watch videos with an adblocker, as videos are now skipped to the end The company claims that this was never the intent, but rather the result

This AI, along with all the other features, may be enough to get users to subscribe to YouTube Premium in the US There is a list of Android phones that offer the best viewing experience