Changelog
What changed.
What has shipped on the bench, newest first.
8 September 2026
Publish to YouTube, and your reach numbers
- Connect your YouTube channel once on the account page, then Publish any result straight to a video
- Two screens, never one: pick the video, see its current thumbnail next to the new one, tick the box, then it changes
- The account page lists each published cover with its impressions and click-through since publish, next to your channel’s own 28-day baseline
- Numbers come from YouTube’s own reports with about a two-day lag. The bench never estimates them
- Early access while Google reviews the app, so not every account can connect yet. One channel per account
- Free, no credits. Free plans publish with the corner mark
8 September 2026
Keep, search and delete in History
- Star any result with Keep, then filter History to All or Kept
- Search across the words on the cover and the brief behind it
- Delete a result. You are asked twice, and its edited versions go with it
- A connected channel now joins the Channel picker on its own
5 September 2026
Channel memory, and a second image model
- Add a channel by @handle or link. The bench reads its latest public covers and learns the look: colours, text, framing, mood. No YouTube account needed
- Pick it in Create or Plan. “No channel” is the default and applies nothing. Memory is per channel, never per person
- GPT Image 2 as a second image model, picked with a button next to Nano Banana 2, for the same credit. Edits, tweaks and expressions stay on the default
- Every result now names the model that made it
- Channel memory is free, no credits
5 September 2026
Words as a layer you can edit
- A checkbox next to the words: “as a layer I can edit”. Off by default, so nothing changes unless you ask
- The model leaves a clean, low-detail zone and paints no text. The bench draws your headline on top in a real font
- So the words are never misspelled, they open editable in the Editor, and exports redraw them crisp
- Long headlines wrap onto two balanced lines and size themselves to the longest one
5 September 2026
Your images, as references and as layers
- Add up to three of your own pictures to a render
- “Copy the look of a cover” takes the layout and colour of a reference thumbnail, never the face on it
- “Put a thing in the picture” reproduces a screenshot, logo or product as shown
- Any of them can also be dropped into the Editor as an image layer. See-through PNGs stay see-through
4 September 2026
Review: a director’s notes on every result
- A verdict, up to two things worth keeping, and up to four faults that would cost you the click
- Every fault comes with a one-click Fix it, which runs a Tweak: two options, two credits
- A phone-size verdict, a squint-test toggle, a likeness check against your selfie when a face was used, and a warning when the words repeat the video title
- It is feedback in words. It gives no score, no percentage and no click prediction, because nobody can make one honestly
- Free, no credits. It replaces the old Rate button
4 September 2026
Plan: five thumbnail ideas, and Explain a cover
- Type the video idea, paste a YouTube link, paste a script, or upload a video or audio file to be transcribed
- Five concepts come back, each with a name, the viewer psychology, the emotion, a paired video title, the words for the cover, the scene and a style
- “Send to Create” fills the maker in. Optional throughout: a blank brief still renders exactly as before
- Explain a cover, on the same page: paste any video link and get why its thumbnail works, what not to copy, and a strategy you can reuse. It explains, it does not recreate
- Both are free, no credits
Sep 2026
New pricing
- Creator $15, Studio $29, Agency $79 a month, with 70, 140 and 380 credits
- Yearly plans get 2 months free
- Free accounts start with 4 credits and get 4 more after the first render
- Top-ups: 50, 150 and 500 credits, good for 12 months
Sep 2026
Face Lab expressions
- Eight expressions from one selfie: Shocked, Surprised, Happy, Excited, Angry, Curious, Scream, Sad
- One credit per expression
- Change the expression on a finished result: two options, two credits
Aug 2026
Editor with text layers and region edits
- Real text layers with fonts on top of any render, free
- Region edit: draw a box and change only what is inside it, two options for two credits
- Version history per image
Aug 2026
1 to 4 options per render
- Choose how many options a render returns, one credit each
- Every render at 2K
- Export HD (1280 x 720, under 2 MB) and Export 2K
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