Google announced Ask YouTube at Google I/O 2026 as a Gemini-powered conversational search tool. It lets users ask detailed questions and refine results with follow-up prompts. Ask YouTube pulls relevant Shorts and long-form videos and presents them in an interactive format with summaries. The feature is currently available to YouTube Premium subscribers aged 18 and older in the US through YouTube Labs. Google also said Gemini Omni is rolling out to YouTube Shorts Remix and the YouTube Create app.