YouTube seems to be trying out a new feature that automatically translates video titles, descriptions, captions, and more to a user's preferred native language.

As discovered by folks over at Android Police, the feature currently translates from English to Portuguese and Turkish and works on both web and phone apps. The ultimate motive behind the feature remains rather unclear, but it appears that users searching for videos in their local language may soon be able to see results even from popular channels with translated titles.

As of now, YouTube does show results in local languages even when searched with English texts, although the algorithm does understandably mess up every now and then. According to the Android Police report, the feature is still being tested, and only select users have access at the moment. The platform may eventually add support for more languages, though YouTube is yet to suggest anything in an official capacity.

The report also highlights that the new feature brings a translation pop-up on both the web interface and the mobile app that uses Google Translation AI. Tapping or clicking on this pop-up automatically translates video titles, descriptions, and captions to your native language.

Additionally, YouTube is also adding support for auto-captions in more languages. Although the update may not seem substantial, it will be extremely useful for a large portion of the non-English speaking users who use the platform each month. YouTube web users can still translate titles via the Google Translate extension from the Chrome store.

In related news, YouTube recently began allowing content creators on its platform the option to change their names and profile pictures through YouTube Studio without having to change the same details on their Google accounts. This was apparently a highly requested feature from content creators and started rolling out through a server-side update. However, creators with a verified badge will have to re-apply for it after changing their details on YouTube.