YouTube Will Now Enable Creators on iOS to Select a Thumbnail for their Shorts Clips
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- 20 Mar 2023
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After rolling it out to Android creators back in December, YouTube is now giving Shorts creators on iOS the capacity to choose a frame from their clip as their thumbnail within the Shorts creation process.
As per YouTube:
“Creators on iOS: We’re starting to roll out Shorts thumbnail selection to your devices. The ability to choose a frame from your Short to be used as the video’s thumbnail will be available to everyone in the coming weeks.”
To be clear, creators can already choose a thumbnail for their Shorts within YouTube Studio, but this new process makes it possible within the in-app upload flow, which could help to streamline your process.
To select a thumbnail frame for your Shorts:
- Record or import a video with the Shorts camera then navigate to the final upload screen
- Tap the pencil icon that is overlaid over the thumbnail of your video
- Scrub along your video’s timeline to pick a thumbnail then hit ‘Done’
- Upload your Short
YouTube says that it’s currently not possible to change the thumbnail after your Short has been uploaded, but it is looking to add this functionality in future.
