04/28/2023
After rolling it out to Android creators back in December, 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
Read more - https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/youtube-will-now-enable-creators-on-ios-to-select-a-thumbnail-for-their-sho/645265/