The Google video-editing app announced in 2023 to help creators make YouTube Shorts was YouTube Create.
Google unveiled YouTube Create at its Made on YouTube event on September 21, 2023. The app was designed to simplify mobile video production, giving creators editing tools without requiring a full desktop editor or a separate professional software package.
Its purpose went beyond trimming clips. YouTube presented Create as a way to edit, enhance and prepare videos for publishing, particularly for the fast-growing Shorts format. The announcement fit YouTube’s broader effort to lower the technical barrier for creators competing in mobile-first short-form video.
YouTube Create is easy to confuse with YouTube Studio, but the two serve different jobs. Studio is primarily a channel-management dashboard for uploads, analytics, comments and monetization. YouTube Capture was an older recording app, while Google Clips was a discontinued camera product—not the 2023 editing app.