YouTube takes another step in the battle for short-form video creators – and with a truly powerful partner. Adobe launches a completely new space in Premiere mobile on iOS, Create for YouTube Shorts, designed exclusively for short films on YouTube. This is not just an ordinary update – it's a fully-fledged creative hub that creators can always have in their pocket.
Exclusive templates, effects, and transitions - straight from the Shorts feed
The new section in Premiere mobile provides access to a set of ready-made templates from top creators, enhanced with:
built-in captions,
transition and effect presets,
visual elements tailored to the Shorts algorithm.
What's most interesting is that the creator can watch a Short in the YouTube app, click the template that inspired them, and instantly open it in Premiere mobile. No copying, searching for presets, juggling apps – complete integration. YouTube clearly signals: it wants creators to use Adobe tools instead of CapCut or Meta Edits.
Editing on the phone like in full Premiere
Premiere mobile adds a set of features that recently were only associated with desktop software:
multi-track editing,
AI for enhancing and generating sound effects,
Firefly AI tools for content generation,
advanced color correction,
automatic subtitles and text overlays.
The creator takes the iPhone, edits, and… publishes. No intermediaries.
Publication of Shorts straight from Premiere mobile
After the editing is completed, the app guides the creator step by step to export, and the film can be immediately sent to YouTube – directly from Premiere. The only requirements are:
a free Adobe Premiere mobile account,
a YouTube profile.
Adobe emphasizes that they are aiming to lower the barrier to entry for creating professional content. Creators – both those with millions of subscribers and those who are just starting out – now receive a ready-made ecosystem that:
speeds up editing,
improves audio-video quality,
helps create content aligned with Shorts trends.
And most importantly: everything works on the phone.
YouTube is strengthening its position in the world of short videos, Adobe is gaining huge exposure, and creators are getting a tool that could become the new standard for mobile editing. The integration looks impressive and could seriously disrupt the world of video editing applications.
