Google’s Ask YouTube searches for the exact part of your video that answers your question

Google Expands YouTube’s search capabilities so you can ask more chat questions — and go straight to the most relevant parts of the video.

The next feature is called Ask YouTubebrings a dose of Google AI-powered search results To its video platform. You can make more complex queries like “reviews of creators of relaxing games to play before bedtime” or “how to teach your child to ride a bike.” YouTube will then display a list of videos, including short videos, related to that topic. You can also ask follow-up questions to further specify what you are looking for.

To take things a step further, Ask YouTube will jump directly to the part of the video that covers what you need, so you don’t have to search for that information yourself.

In a press conference on Monday before Google I/OCEO Sundar Pichai said Ask YouTube will make “information more understandable and easily navigable.”

Ask YouTube is Available now For Premium members in the US ages 18 and up. Google says it’s scheduled to roll out more widely soon.

Google It already displays relevant videos in search and AI overviews — summaries that appear at the top of search results — alongside more text-focused results. Ask YouTube puts videos exclusively in the spotlight. The ability to jump directly to a specific moment in a clip relies on a function found in Google Search that identifies the most useful part of videos such as instructions or tutorials – skipping long intros or parts deemed irrelevant to the query.

But making it easier to jump directly to specific sections across more videos could be a blow to creators, who rely on watch time and viewer retention. If people only watch a snippet, it could eat into creator revenue and impact the overall performance of the video. YouTube’s prompts may also lead viewers to miss important context discussed in other parts of the video that are not highlighted.

It was an overview of Google’s AI criticize to Prevent people from clicking on source linksrather than pulling information from different sites and distilling it (sometimes… Inaccurately) in bite-sized summaries. This may result in publishers and other platforms losing out on page views and revenue streams. Other generative AI platforms like ChatGPT have also been similarly accused Exploitation of resources Without correct attribution.

It’s not clear whether Ask YouTube will face similar criticism. On the one hand, it can help show more relevant videos and make it easier for users to find what they need. But it may also foster a broader shift toward extracting only the most useful parts, leading to negative impacts on creators.

(Disclosure: Ziff Davis, the parent company of CNET, in 2025 filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging that it infringed Ziff Davis’s copyrights in training and operating its AI systems.)