Video annotations are a new way for you to add interactive commentary onto your videos!
You control what the annotations say, where they appear on the video, and when they appear and disappear. You can even link from an annotation to another YouTube Video, Channel, or Search result.
To get started, sign into your YouTube account and choose one of two options:
Option 1:- Click 'Account' at the top of any page.
- Under 'Manage My Videos', click 'Videos, Favorites, & Playlists'.
- Find the video you'd like to add annotations to.
- Click the 'Annotate Video' button.
- Choose to play one of your videos.
- At the bottom of your video description box (on the right) you have 'Video Owner Options' on a blue background.
- Click the 'Add/Edit Annotations' button.
For more info on how to create and edit annotations, please visit: 'How do I create or edit video annotations?'
Video annotations, once published, are shown by default. You can turn them off while watching a video through the 'Menu' button on the bottom right of the video player.
Please note: Video annotations are available now as a 'beta' feature. We're working hard to get this out of beta and, once we do, annotations will officially support languages other than English.
