Unlike Stories on other platforms, YouTube Stories aren’t necessarily deleted after 24 hours, and can be made available for a longer time period. In short, the content creator can decide how long their Stories are available for and can delete them at any time. Similarly to other platforms, YouTubers can also add filters, music, text, and stickers to their Stories, as well as create as many Stories as they like. This gives them plenty of flexibility to connect spontaneously with their followers.
The beta phase is designed to test what YouTubers use their Stories for most often, and how. Beta should also flag up any particular issues that users are having with the feature.
Users don’t have to subscribe to channels in order to see their Stories. It suffices to visit a channel via the mobile app, where you will gain access to their Stories.