YouTube is making it easier for creators to choose that perfect thumbnail

YouTube plans for its tool to report which of your thumbnails performs the best. | Image: Google

The process of picking that all-important thumbnail for your latest YouTube video might be getting a lot easier soon. YouTube says it's conducting early testing of a feature it's calling Test & Compare," which lets creators upload up to three thumbnails for a single video and let YouTube experiment behind the scenes to see which one performs the best.

In a video announcement, YouTube says it's currently testing the feature with a few hundred creators," but plans to roll out a beta version in the coming months to thousands more ahead of a broader launch next year.

Image: YouTube A screenshot of YouTube's Test & Compare feature, which is currently in early testing.

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