@pratik From what I’ve seen, there’s no auto-import of channel descriptions at this point. The Follow Channels feature does require the Play subscription, but it’s a manual* process even then. But nothing requires a YouTube Premium subscription, except you can sign in with your credentials to not see YouTube’s in-video ads. (*There’s a shortcut action that could be used to whip up a a quick way to follow a bunch of channels, and supposedly you can get your list of subbed channels from Google Takeout.)

@mactanaka @pratik Update: I made this shortcut to help with following all your existing YouTube channel subscriptions in Play all at once.

@jarrod and a lifetime sub!! ❤️❤️❤️

@mako Yes, he’s included that option too!

@jarrod so, this is awesome and I can’t believe I didn’t know about this app. I have a feature request I need to send over…

@mako “You’re going to wonder how you lived without Play in your life.” Nailed it. 😝 Marcos has always been receptive to ideas in my experience. Shoot over an email and I’m sure he’ll get back with you.

@jarrod Thank you for the link, Jarrod! 😊 Play is the best.

@jarrod That's amazing!

@devondundee 🙌

@mactanaka Thanks! But it’s your app that’s the real deal. 🙌

@jarrod @mactanaka This is amazing thank you so much!

@pratik It’s probably best done on macOS and from the YouTube website since it’s easiest to select all the text on your subscriptions page there (cmd-A). Once you’ve copied that text, run the shortcut and it should pull out the channel URLs from the clipboard and work from there. (Demo video) But if you run into any other issues, please let me know!

@pratik Ah, yes, the Follow Channels feature is part of the premium subscription. I should mention that on the webpage. You can try it free for a week if you want, though!

@pratik You betcha. Glad it worked for you. 🙂