YouTube3 stories · last updated 14 October 2026
YouTube news: Shopping, Shorts and ads.
YouTube is now a shopping channel as much as a video one: affiliate programmes, product tagging, Shorts ads and AI search. Here’s every change, and the move for your brand.
How we play it
Show up where people research before they buy.
The latest move
YouTube takes its shopping affiliate programme to 35 countries
Make your products taggable on YouTube and plan a creator commission offer now.
Do this this week
- Check your Shopify store is connected to YouTube Shopping so creators can tag your products
- List the YouTube creators already reviewing your products
- Draft a bonus commission offer for one hero product
- Swap description links for product tags in your own videos
Every YouTube story
YouTube14 October 2026
YouTube takes its shopping affiliate programme to 35 countries
Make your products taggable on YouTube and plan a creator commission offer now.
YouTube14 October 2026
YouTube's Ask YouTube AI now compares products from review videos
Get honest review videos made and tagged, because AI now builds the shortlist.
YouTube14 October 2026
YouTube Shorts image ads now send viewers to your site in one tap
Upload 9:16 full-bleed images to Demand Gen and test them on Shorts.
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