Overview
- A new Shorts option in the Type menu lets users view only short‑form results, while Videos shows only long‑form content, according to journalist testing.
- The Sort By menu is renamed Prioritize, and a new Popularity setting replaces View count by weighing views alongside signals like watch time for each query.
- YouTube is removing Upload Date – Last Hour and Sort by Rating after stating they were not working as expected and had prompted user complaints.
- Duration presets are adjusted, changing Under 4 minutes to Under 3 minutes and adding a 3–20 minutes option.
- The update is rolling out in phases on web and mobile, so the new filters may appear only for some accounts initially.